Alaska Star - State program assists former soldiers get jobs 07/09/09

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State program assists former soldiers get jobs

Nineteen transitioning soldiers and veterans from across Alaska graduated from a new program that will help them go straight into civilian jobs. The program, a partnership of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Southwest Alaska Vocational & Education Center and CH2M Hill, is a three-week intensive “boot camp,” after which the graduates begin work on Alaska’s North Slope.

A graduation ceremony was held Friday at SAVEC in King Salmon. The class represented the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Alaska Air Guard and National Guard.

This article published in The Alaska Star on Thursday, July 9, 2009.