Helmets to Hardhats
By Master Sgt. Bob Haskell
“We need to make sure that we reach out to the new group of veterans and to the new group of service members who are out there in this all-volunteer force, willing to put their lives, their educations, their families, their jobs, their careers and their fortunes on the line to defend America,” LTG H. Steven Blum told some of America´s most influential labor leaders during a recent meeting in Orlando, Fla.
Blum addressed the leaders of “Helmets to Hardhats,” a national, federally funded program that provides access to the best jobs in the construction industry for Soldiers leaving active military service, and for Reservists and National Guard members.
Blum also pledged the Guard Bureau´s support for the national program, as well as for such similar state programs as Florida’s “Hire a Hero.”
Just added the Helmets to Hardhats site to the “We support” section - and, being a Floridian, I looked up “Hire a Hero” and added that site too.
