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"Taking the road to a career in Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics is well worth the ride. Doing business in America means moving people, raw materials, and products by road, rail, air, and water. To keep things moving requires millions of workers in supporting industries such as infrastructure planning and management, logistics, and maintenance of vehicles and facilities. The variety of opportunities is dizzying, but to get ahead it helps to have a solid technical background. Individuals from automobile service technicians to airline pilots find their jobs improved and enriched by technical advances."

 

 

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National Lighthouse Day

National Lighthouse Day honors the beacon of light that for hundreds of years symbolized safety and security for ships and boats at sea. It is observed annually on August 7.

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Mount Vernon | Project Discovery Revisited Around Alone, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited

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Around Alone, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited
A race around the world . . . in a boat 40 to 60 feet in length . . . ALONE. This event, which began in 1982, occurs every four years and starts in Charleston, South Carolina. The course consists of...
Mount Vernon | Project Discovery Revisited Around Alone, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited

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Around Alone, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited
Students at Laing Middle School followed the progress of the race. They used the Internet to track the skippers. They learned about oceans, stopovers, satellite photography, weather, geography, and...
Francine Jackson, School Bus Driver | Original SC Friar Edmund Cass, Uber Driver | Original SC

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Friar Edmund Cass, Uber Driver | Original SC
If you could, just for a moment, understand the intense, passionate love the creator has for you as an individual, worry would not be a part of your life. Friar Edmund Cass stays busy helping the...
Francine Jackson, School Bus Driver | Original SC Stephen Brown, Swing Bridge Operator | Original SC

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Stephen Brown, Swing Bridge Operator | Original SC
Stephen Brown is a Swing Bridge Operator working in Beaufort, S.C. He was the first African American to work for Beaufort County as a firefighter... a post he held for 35 years. After retirement, he...
Aircraft | Eye Wonder Emergency Air Rescue | Eye Wonder

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Emergency Air Rescue | Eye Wonder
The Eye Wonder team learns about emergency air rescue. D.V. takes a ride in an emergency helicopter and learns all about the emergency care that takes place in the sky.
Sailplane | Eye Wonder Bridges | Eye Wonder

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Bridges | Eye Wonder
The Eye Wonder team learns all about bridges. D.V. visits a bridge under construction and SCDOT to learn more about the construction and engineering that must occur for a bridge to be built and stay...
Paper | Eye Wonder Aircraft | Eye Wonder

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Aircraft | Eye Wonder
The Eye Wonder team learns about manufacturing aircraft. D.V. goes to the Lockheed Martin Factory and teaches us all about the different parts of the plane while going down the assembly line.