News 6 Mashup: Oct. 5, 2020
Here are the top stories for the week of Oct. 5, 2020, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
Speak For Your Community; Take Blue Star Families Survey
The 2020 Military Family Lifestyle Survey is open until Oct. 16, 2020. Blue Star Families and Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families use this survey to analyze trends related to major shifts in military life issues. It also helps local and national government leaders better understand the needs of the military community. Your voice matters. The survey takes about 30 minutes to complete using your phone or computer.
Workshops for Warriors: School on a Mission
A school with a mission: Workshops for Warriors is a nonprofit school, which currently provides training for 162 students each year in welding, computer-aided design, milling, and machining. Students earn professional credentials that are “stackable and portable” and appealing to US manufacturers who are desperate for trained skilled labor.
“I loved the Navy and I would’ve stayed there forever. But I had to do something. I was so tired of seeing my friends dying of suicide and just being lost. These are guys that I had served with and they were hyper-capable, hyper-competent. All the sudden they would just be hollowed-out versions of themselves that were drifting aimlessly into the shadows,” veteran, Hernan Luis y Prado told Military Families Magazine. Luis y Prado founded Workshops for Warriors in response to seeing his Navy friends struggle.
Workshops for Warriors is located in San Diego and takes up three city blocks, which include housing and dining facilities with expansion plans for next year.
“Ninety-five percent of the program’s graduates receive job placements with an average salary of $60,000 a year,” said Military Families Magazine. Service members or honorably discharged veterans are eligible to apply for the school.
Workshops for Warriors trains veterans for advanced manufacturing
PBR Air Force Reserve Cowboys for a Cause to be Held on USS Lexington
A bull riding arena will be built on the launch deck of the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, Texas, announced the Professional Bull Riders organization. The PBR Air Force Reserve Cowboys for a Cause event will have “five teams of three cowboys riding to support military members and their families.”
“Bucking bulls will be brought on board via the ship’s still-functioning aircraft elevator, the same system that brought planes up to the flight deck from the hangar during battle” said PBR.
The event will benefit Operation Homefront and is closed to the general public. However, PBR will offer “exclusive viewing for VIP guests, ultimate experience ticket packages, and members of the military.”
This Week in History
On Oct. 8, 1918, am American enlisted soldier in the 82nd Infantry Division, Alvin C. York, killed 20 German soldiers who were manning a machine gun nest and captured an additional 132 as prisoners. Because of his heroism, York was awarded the Medal of Honor. Later, his story was told in a film entitled, Sergeant York.
York, who grew up in rural Tennessee, went on to found a school for underprivileged children, it is now called the York Institute.
