November 18, 2019
Welding Class 31 Students Praise Instructors
Members of the United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) Welding Class 31 at Camp Pendleton praised their instructors, Sean...
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November 18, 2019
Members of the United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) Welding Class 31 at Camp Pendleton praised their instructors, Sean...
November 5, 2019
The lead United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) Program welding instructor at Camp Pendleton can look his students in the...
October 28, 2019
Like many people, Joe Perez had little clue what he wanted to do for a career, but he knew he did not want to work in an office...
October 23, 2019
Members of the United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) program Naval Station Norfolk HVAC-R Class 10 were afforded a...
October 23, 2019
The United Association Veterans in Piping Welding Class 15 has begun at Fort Hood.
October 3, 2019
For some transitioning active-duty military service members, leaving the comradery of the armed forces is part of the challenge...
January 24, 2017
The United Association (UA) Veterans in Piping (VIP) Program is an award-winning program that offers high quality skills training...
December 8, 2016
After three and a half years of active duty with the United States Army, including a twelve-month deployment to Afghanistan to...
November 22, 2016
For many members of the military, transitioning back into civilian life and finding meaningful, permanent employment can be...
November 4, 2016
Veteran unemployment numbers are consistently higher than that of the general population. It’s a disappointing thought; after...
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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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