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Veteran goes from fighting in Iraq to firefighting

Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 9:00 amApril 1, 2021 Posted in Employment, VSO / Partners by Adam Stump 1k views

Navy Veteran Tyler Welch used to patrol the streets of Iraq as a corpsman. Now, he’s fighting a new battle …

Montana is training Veterans to fight forest fires

Want to be a Wildland Firefighter? Montana is Training Veterans for Free

Posted on Friday, July 19, 2019 2:00 pmJuly 19, 2019 Posted in #VetResources, Employment by Tim Hudak 44k views

Montana's Veterans Green Corps is training Veterans to become Wildland Firefighters to fight forest fires in …