December 17, 2023
JBLM HVAC-R Class 28 students look to future at halfway point of their training
As JBLM HVAC-R Class 28 reaches its midpoint, the students have the opportunity to determine where they will start their future...
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December 17, 2023
As JBLM HVAC-R Class 28 reaches its midpoint, the students have the opportunity to determine where they will start their future...
November 15, 2023
Army Sgt. David Lee began a new career within the plumbing and pipefitting industry when he transitioned out of the military in...
October 2, 2023
The United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) program welcomes another class of transitioning active-duty service members...
October 2, 2023
The United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) program provides transitioning active-duty service members a chance to prepare...
September 13, 2023
The United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) Joint Base Lewis-McChord Welding Class 28 students graduated in early...
September 13, 2023
The Joint Base Lewis-McChord HVAC-R Class 27 students graduated from the United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) program...
July 31, 2023
The students of Joint Base Lewis-McChord Welding Class 28 are halfway through their time in the United Association Veterans In...
July 17, 2023
Active-duty service members are halfway through their 18-week United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) Program HVAC-R...
July 3, 2023
Former Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Dunn is enjoying the start of a successful civilian career in the HVAC-R field thanks to the United...
May 15, 2023
The students who just began Joint Base Lewis-McChord Welding Class 27 will soon gain foundational skills to begin a welding...
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Pipefitters Local 455, St. Paul, MN, Apprentice David Adams (VIP graduate, Wisconsin Welding Class 2) is pictured on the job working for Pioneer Piping, Incorporated (PPI) at the Flint Hills Refinery in MN.
Camp Pendleton VIP Graduate turned out as Journeyman and makes a life in Butte, MT, with Local 41.
Orry graduated on April 9, 2015 and affiliated with UA Local 455, St. Paul, MN.
Sgt. Jerry Heneha, A Battery, 1st Battalion, 31st Field Artillery, puts together a valve system in preparation for his final week of the United Association's Veterans in Piping program at the Industrial Training Complex Photo Credit: Ms. Marie Berberea (TRADOC)
Fort Sill's inaugural Sprinkler Fitter class began on 2 March 2015.
SFC Michael Olsen and 1SG William Davidson presented their instructors Louis Purcella and Micah Tyler with a momentum from the class.
SGT Howard Nash is headed to Harrisburg, PA, to affiliate with Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 520.
Gail Pilecki was so proud of her son, SGT Jeremy Pilecki, on graduation day. SGT Pilecki will make his home in Houston, affiliating with Pipefitters Local 211.
1SG William Davidson gave the graduate testimonial. He will remain with his family in Waco, TX, affiliating with Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 529 in Waco, TX.
SFC Michael Olsen and his wife, Amanda, will remain in the area, affiliating with Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 529 in Waco, TX.
Alysa and SPC Chad Eberle will be heading to San Antonio, TX, with Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 142.
SGT Lawrence Beller, his wife, Brittney, and daughter, Nahla, will be making Houston, TX, their home, affiliating with Pipefitters Local 211.
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