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[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

Attn: Deston Dennison, Scott Pittman and others who have worked with the
military or with veterans

This was the topic of the Charlie Rose show tonight: Veterans Job Corps

http://www.dylanratigan.com/2013/05/21/marine-corps-general-partners-with-dylan-ratigan-to-lead-veteran-job-incubator/
"Marine Corps General Partners with Dylan Ratigan to Lead Veteran Job
Incubator May 21, 2013*
Major General Melvin Spiese Named Executive Chairman of Veteran Job Corps
(VJC)** *

*May 21, 2013 (Los Angeles, CA)* – Veteran Job Corps, a solutions based,
job incubator for military veterans, announced today that Major General
Melvin Spiese will be the Executive Chairman.  General Spiese and Dylan
Ratigan founded the organization to help develop and train veterans to take
on the core challenges facing our country.  Major General Spiese
retired after 37 years of active duty in March of 2013 as the Deputy
Commanding General of Marine Expeditionary Force and Commanding General of
1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade.

At VJC, General Spiese will help service-members transition from their
military life into civilian life by developing the training and education
necessary to prepare these veterans for the career paths that VJC is
developing with business leaders from around the country.

General Spiese stated, “What truly attracted me to Veteran Job Corps, is
that it’s changing the narrative on veteran unemployment.  We are showing
the world that veterans are highly capable of solving difficult problems
through education, training and job preparedness.  Instead of simply trying
to find jobs for veterans, we are focused on creating new industries for
our soldiers that allow them to take over their own businesses and share in
the mission of fixing their communities.”

Veteran Job Corps’ first project is Archi’s Acres and the Veterans
Sustainable Agriculture Training (VSAT) program founded by three tour Iraq
War veteran Colin Archipley and his wife Karen in 2007. VJC will be working
with Archi’s Acresto expand their business model, a 1 acre hydroponic
organic greenhouse that yields 3 times the amount of crops using 90% less
water.  Each farm creates approximately 10 jobs and VJC is putting their
resources behind a nationwide expansion training the workforce (veterans),
raising capital and awareness, while building the farms to be run by
service members."


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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/dylan-ratigan-s-veterans-job-corps-kicks-off-with-marine-power.html
*

Dylan Ratigan’s Veterans Job Corps Kicks Off, With Marine Power
 by Jamie Reno <http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/jamie-reno.html> May
21, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

With the Marines’ former top trainer on board, the ex-newsman’s venture
into sustainable farming and changing prospects for returning U.S. military
launches today.

Veteran Job Corps
Education
21st Century Solutions from the 21st Century's Greatest Generation

https://www.facebook.com/VeteranJobCorps?directed_target_id=0