During our campus Veterans Day ceremony last year, Joe Buhain, our Respiratory Therapy program director and a Bronze Star Medal recipient who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, said this: “Someone once asked me, ‘What can I do for a veteran?’ There are organizations you can volunteer with that help veterans. But if you can’t
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In a segment last week on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart highlighted the absurd employment market veterans come home to. Hosting a mock job interview for two former Army medics with combat tours in Iraq, Stewart emphasized the challenges veterans face when transitioning to the civilian workforce — especially when it comes to obtaining civilian
Bureau of Labor Statistics researchers announced that veterans unemployment dropped to 6.3 percent in October, its lowest point since before President Barack Obama took office. The figure still means that nearly 690,000 veterans are looking for work. But that number has been on a downward trend for the last 18 months, when more than 1
The outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election may alter the fate of the Affordable Care Act, or the Bush-era tax cuts, but it won’t change the challenges faced by growing numbers of military veterans, both in the Rochester area and across the nation. To that end, leaders in Washington — whatever the post-election political balance —
Up to his armpits in flood water, flanked by darkened buildings and submerged vehicles, Iraq veteran Peter Meijer felt oddly at home Monday night as he trudged through the streets of Brooklyn at the height of Sandy’s fury: “The right place at the right time with the right mission.” With a fellow veteran at his
Retired Master Sergeant Ken Holman was confused when Scott Miller and Paul Cotter approached him about applying for a job at Microsoft. On Feb. 21, 2002, his vehicle flipped over during a training exercise. His seatbelt broke, flinging him against the windshield. He broke his neck in three places and shattered his lower vertebrae, leaving
Colleges and universities around the country are offering veterans-only courses as a way to cater to military students. The classes are one way to accommodate a student population that tends to be older, more experienced and further removed from the classroom than the typical undergraduate. Advocates say the classes can ease the transition from military
In this election, and in every election going forward, it is essential that we send a message to all candidates running for office that our veterans are respected and honored best when their interests and needs are placed above political wrangling in the halls of Congress. That has normally been the case. And, even in
JERRY GRANTLAND grew up in Lansdowne, enlisted in the Army right out of Cardinal O’Hara High School, deployed to Iraq in 2003 and was on reconnaissance patrol in an armored personnel carrier when a roadside bomb exploded. He wasn’t wounded physically. But after eight months of hypervigilance in Iraq, always ready to run for cover
As part of Major League Baseball’s association with the Welcome Back Veterans program, the first pitch for Thursday’s World Series Game 2 was thrown out by Marine Corporal Nicholas Kimmel. “It’s like a dream,” he said in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY Sports. “Being in the Marines and having to do so much stuff