July 3, 2014
The Veterans in Piping® Program Graduates First Class at Fort Hood
The United Association of Plumbers, Pipefitters, Sprinkler fitters, and Service Technicians (UA) is proud to announce the...
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July 3, 2014
The United Association of Plumbers, Pipefitters, Sprinkler fitters, and Service Technicians (UA) is proud to announce the...
March 12, 2014
On March 5, 2014, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) was host to the Honorable Keith Kelly, Assistant Secretary of the Veterans...
February 21, 2014
International Representative (TN and KY) Dave Posey proudly stands with Veterans In Piping (VIP) fifth-year apprentice Dan...
February 19, 2014
Unemployment among men and women exiting the military remains unacceptably high, and with recently announced draw downs in active...
February 19, 2014
On March 10, 2014, the first active-duty soldiers accepted into a new program will start their training at the U.S. Army’s Ft....
October 24, 2013
By Mike Hazard, UA Training Specialist
The men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces provide an invaluable service to the U.S. and...
September 3, 2013
Jamison Atchley, one of the most recent graduates from the United Association’s (UA) Veterans in Piping (VIP) HVACR (Heating,...
August 2, 2013
This past May, the United Association (UA) successfully graduated its first active-duty Army Veterans In Piping (VIP) welding...
January 24, 2013
The officers of the United Association (UA) and the UA Training Department are pleased to announce the addition of Army Joint...
January 4, 2013
William P. Hite, General President of the United Association of Plumbers, Fitters, Welders and HVAC Service Techs, proudly...
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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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