February 3, 2022
MAP certification provides mental health training to VIP instructors
Transitioning active-duty service members and veterans carry a heavy load. Sometimes it is simply too much.
Take a look at some of the newsworthy items for the VIP program.
February 3, 2022
Transitioning active-duty service members and veterans carry a heavy load. Sometimes it is simply too much.
January 27, 2022
For Marine Cpl. Jalen Nason, one of the hardest things about transitioning out of the military is deciding what to do next. He...
January 25, 2022
Once they transition out of the military, the graduates of the United Association Veterans inPiping (UA VIP) Fort Campbell...
January 20, 2022
Students enrolled in Fort Campbell’s Sprinkler Fitter Class 8 are not just learning how to do a job. They are building the...
January 12, 2022
For the four graduates of Fort Campbell’s Sprinkler Fitter Class 7, the transition to civilian life has been fairly smooth, so...
January 12, 2022
The eight graduates of Camp Pendleton Welding Class 36 have a bright future as union welders with good paying jobs and quality...
January 7, 2022
Thanks to the United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) program, the graduates of Welding Class 20 at Fort Hood are prepared...
January 3, 2022
Graduates of the United Association (UA) Veterans in Piping (VIP) HVACR Program at Naval Station Norfolk, are excited to embark...
December 27, 2021
For the 11 students in the United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) Program Welding Class 22 at Fort Carson, the recent...
December 15, 2021
The experience range of the 10 students that make up Welding Class 20 at Camp LeJeune is across the board.
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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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