(San Diego – May 27) A San Diego-grown nonprofit group that helps veterans move from boots into suits is expanding nationally. Reboot started in 2010 when retired Navy veterans Ronne Froman and Maurice Wilson saw former sailors and Marines struggling to figure out their place in the civilian world. Their idea: Just like boot camp
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(VIRGINIA BEACH – By David Todd, The Flagship Managing Editor) National Veteran Transition Services, Inc. (NVTSI), a non-profit organization who developed the no-cost 15-day, three-week REBOOT transition workshops, graduated 10 individuals from its first East Coast class at Tidewater Community College (TCC) campus in Virginia Beach, May 24. The workshop included active duty service members from commands
(Hampton Roads – May 23) Story by David Todd, The Flagship. Making the transition from military-to-civilian life can be a difficult challenge for many of our nation’s heroes. Topics such as employment, education, adjusting to new social environments and even living arrangements can leave some service members and their families in a situation of unfamiliarity.
(IRVINE – May 6) Rio Caras calls himself a middleman between civilians and boot camp. The 32-year-old Orange resident spends his days running a Carson-based Navy recruiting station, talking to young men and women, presenting them with an option to enter the military and work within the structure it provides. But Caras took a step
The San Diego-based nonprofit has aided nearly 700 service members/veterans since 2010 founding. Posted by Hoa Quách (Editor), May 7, 2013 When Edward Erickson completes 20 years in the Navy on May 31—he’ll be ready for corporate America, he says. Erickson—who has served in Kuwait and Iraq—said he’ll be ready because he recently graduated from REBOOT, a 3-week program
Join veterans as they journey from service oriented to personally motivated to succeed as civilians while attending the REBOOT workshop. Posted by Krishna M Jackson, March 4, 2013 I am sharing my blog, Veterans REBOOT Lives, to get the word out about a wonderful program that helps veterans with the transition to civilian life. Here’s a taste Getting the
By Rebecca Ruiz, NBC News contributor After 21 years in the Navy, Ashley Gonzalez, 40, had to make a tough choice last year: uproot his family from San Diego for an assignment in Mississippi or retire and rejoin the civilian world. Gonzalez, a chief petty officer, had previously deployed to counter-narcotic operations in South and
The American Freedom Foundation announces its 4th annual American Freedom Festival San Diego, presented by SKYDEX, taking place Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. aboard the historic USS MIDWAY MUSEUM and featuring the legendary Creedence Clearwater Revisited. This annual concert will celebrate our Veterans and men and women of America’s armed forces at the
NORFOLK — Making the transition from military-to-civilian life can be a difficult challenge for many of our nation’s heroes. Topics such as employment, education, adjusting to new social environments and even living arrangements can leave some service members and their families in a situation of unfamiliarity. That’s where REBOOT Workshops can help make a difference. After