September 10, 2021
UA VIP career skills training begins for Fort Hood welding students
Some of the students in Fort Hood’s Welding Class 21 have never held a welding torch before.
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September 10, 2021
Some of the students in Fort Hood’s Welding Class 21 have never held a welding torch before.
September 3, 2021
Transitioning from the military into a civilian career can be stressful for many, but thanks to the United Association Veterans...
August 31, 2021
Third-year Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 354, Latrobe, PA, apprentice Scott Reedy spent seven years in the Marine Corps. His...
August 4, 2021
Members of Welding Class 21 at Fort Carson will soon hold a welding torch in their hands as they learn the fundamentals of...
July 20, 2021
For the transitioning active-duty service members learning to weld in the United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) Class 23...
July 9, 2021
Members of the United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) Welding Class 20 at Fort Carson are thrilled to be graduating,...
June 30, 2021
For the eight members of Welding Class 16 at Fort Campbell, the start of class is an incredible opportunity — the chance to learn...
June 1, 2021
Everything’s falling into place for the students of United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) Welding Class 19 at Fort Hood....
May 10, 2021
Driekast is a combination mechanical piping/plumbing contractor that has been in business for more than 30 years. Experienced in...
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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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