July 22, 2015
Camp Pendleton VIP Graduate makes a life in Butte, MT with Local 41
Joseph Miller was in the Marines for eight years and one month, from 2003 to 2011. He endured three deployments in four years and...
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July 22, 2015
Joseph Miller was in the Marines for eight years and one month, from 2003 to 2011. He endured three deployments in four years and...
July 22, 2015
The UA Journal team caught up with recent VIP welder/pipefitter graduate [Camp Lejeune, second class] Orry Kraczek, who was on...
July 7, 2015
FORT SILL, Okla. -- The Fort Sill Industrial Training Complex is bridging the gap for Soldiers getting out of the military and...
April 29, 2015
“Life is about transitions,” guest speaker Army Lieutenant General David D. Halverson, the Assistant Chief of Staff for...
April 22, 2015
On April 16, 2015, 16 transitioning soldiers, who entered the VIP Welding Program at Fort Hood just 18 weeks prior, graduated...
April 13, 2015
A new program guarantees Marines jobs as they transition out of the military to the civilian world.
The initiative, called DOD...
April 10, 2015
As the men and women of our nation’s military transition from their military service back into the civilian workforce, they face...
April 10, 2015
The UA's Veterans in Piping (VIP) Program was featured on Friday night's CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley. Watch the clip at ...
March 6, 2015
Soldiers transitioning out of the Army can face a degree of uncertainty about future career endeavors – and the means necessary...
February 3, 2015
When veteran William McLaurin left the Army in 1985, he never imagined he would have another opportunity to serve 27 seven years...
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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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