State leaders are currently considering a proposed $6.8 million national talent campaign that would focus on attracting transitioning veterans to Wisconsin and providing a new mobile job center to provide workforce support services within and outside of the state.
The initiative, part of Governor Scott Walker’s Workforce Agenda, would expand upon a campaign that also aims to attract Midwestern millennials and Wisconsin alumni.
A key component of the plan would be promoting Wisconsin as the best state for veterans to work and live through a national campaign directed specifically at military personnel as they prepare to leave active duty. The effort would raise awareness of the state’s generous veteran programs, benefits and services.... Read more »
Join
us for a quarterly dinner event, Mess Night at the Museum: USS Cole Bombing and the Road to 9/11 on Thursday,
January 25, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. Book Online Today!
On
the morning of October 12, 2000, the USS Cole was attacked by two
suicide-bombers piloting a small boat carrying explosives. The blast tore a
40-by-60-foot gash in the side of the guided-missile destroyer, and claimed the
lives of 17 sailors. Included among those killed was Engineman Second Class Marc Nieto of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Museum Director Michael Telzrow
explores the events leading up to the attack, through the eyes of Petty Officer
Nieto... Read more »
Throughout the holiday season, the WDVA shared the stories of many veterans who live at our Wisconsin Veterans Homes along with a holiday greeting from them to their friends and family in their hometowns. We hope you enjoyed these greetings. If you missed them, they can all be seen and read on the WDVA flickr page. Enjoy!s placeholder text.
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