Veterans can be defined as individuals who have had experience serving in the military. There is no age limit, service time or other requirements necessary for a Veteran to be published with their own Veteran of the Day post (VOD) on the VA site. The purpose of a VOD is not just to write about …
Sapna Sitapara graduated from high school before entering the workforce as a sales associate at a retail store. With the support from her parents and loved ones, she waited a year before launching her military aspirations. A 91B in the Army, she worked as a mechanic in Germany at the Rhine Ordnance Barracks in Kaiserslautern …
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Patrick Woods entered the Marine Corps after he graduated from high school. He said originally, college did not seem like a feasible idea after his service ended. “Before the military I never anticipated going to college, I just didn’t think it was the right path for me coming from a small blue-collar town,” he explained. …
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Short Summary: Jamie-Lyn Truax attended college before she joined the military but found it difficult to be successful as a student. Now as a Veteran attending college, she talks about transitioning back to school and her advice for former military students.
Jen Santiago had gone to college before she came to the U.S. “I had almost completed my diploma in nursing, [but] after arriving, I did not receive much credit for any of my education, so I almost had to start from scratch.” However, even after she enlisted in the Navy, Jen knew she wanted to …
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John Wright II joined the DME Web Development team as a way to give back and gain experience. A back-end savvy software engineer, he has used a different set of skills in the DME internship, which is focused on front-end…
Frank Grabarz went into the Army after graduating from high school, and after he discharged, he avoided going to college. “When I first separated, I began working in a specialty retail store—I did not believe I would be able to succeed in school,” he explained. “Eventually I became tired of a minimum paying job and …
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A former Army infantryman, Anthony Mendez is now attending college for the first time. He tells us his experiences as someone who went through the process of transitioning from military to civilian life and looked for support at college.
