One of the things I have wanted to do for some time is hire qualified veterans and develop some training programs for green jobs for veterans. Recently, I hired our first Iraq veteran, a helicopter mechanic and crew chief and he has been awesome. Like having our own personal MacGyver (I must confess I have never watched the program).
Anyway, we are getting this project done with some competent hands used to working with large rotating objects. These are both Iraq combat veterans, the one on the left is my Marine son, John and our helicopter mechanic, Matt is on the right.