We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/fort_rileys_int.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:30:31 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Here's a little outside-the-box thinking, courtesy the folks at Fort Riley and the surrounding communities in Kansas. FORT RILEY, Kan. – Fort Riley’s Warrior Internship Network is well into its pilot stage. The WIN program, a home-grown concept developed at Fort Riley , focuses on Soldiers in the Warrior Transition Battalion to find them job internships within the Greater Fort Riley Community. The WIN is a cooperative effort between the Soldier and Family Assistance Center, Irwin Army Community Hospital, the WTB and the Welcome Home to Heroes Foundation in Junction City, Kan. Soldiers in the WIN are placed as unpaid... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/fort_rileys_int.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/fort_rileys_int.html Tue, 06 May 2008 07:01:53 -0600 That is awesome. Just awesome. I few weeks ago I spent about an hour talking to an officer in the national guard whose "day job" is with a defense contractor. He is in the early stages of forming a coalition of major employers who want to get ahold of wounded vets before they start the the retraining programs that are now made available to wounded who are med-boarding out. The companies want to help the soldiers make choices more appropriate to the soldiers' skills/interests and the companies' needs so that the soldiers are more employable. In some ways, it sounds similar to what Ft. Riley is doing, but from the employers' perspective. There is some great work going on out there in getting the wounded ready for new careers--so many good ideas! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/fort_rileys_int.html#comment-72768 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/fort_rileys_int.html#comment-72768 Tue, 06 May 2008 09:20:19 -0600