Tagged: Department of Defense

Central Florida Operation Boots to Business: 12/4 and 12/5 at Patrick AFB

  Take the next step toward starting a business after your military service WHEN:  4 – 5 Dec 2013 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Airman & Family Readiness Center, Bldg 722 Patrick Air...

Latest Labor Bureau Statistics Show Where Veterans Are Finding Work

Nearly 2.3 million veterans work in federal, state and local posts. Nearly one in 10 veterans employed today works for a freight or transportation firm, almost double the rate of civilians. At U.S. rail companies, one in five employees is likely to be a veteran. According to Department of Labor statistics, more than 800,000 veterans have found work as maintenance and installation technicians, plumbers and electricians, telecommunications specialists, automotive repairmen and other craft workers. Department of Labor statistics also show that protective service jobs have grown by 35 percent over the last decade.

June 27th is National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day

June 27th is PTSD Awareness Day (PTSI and TBI) The United States Senate has unanimously approved legislation authored by Senator Kent Conrad designating June 27, 2012  as National PTSD Awareness Day. Click here to...

Blue Star Museums Initiative Gives Active Duty Military And Their Families Free Tickets To Over 1,600 Museums

1,600 museums offer military families free tickets Runs from Memorial Day 2012 (May 28th) through Labor Day 2012 (September 3rd) More than 1,600 museums across the country will offer free admission to active-duty military...