by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 9, 2020 | VetsWork
I grew up in Shelton, WA. I love the smell of the rain and the beauty of the mountains. Even after I joined the military I knew that I would always consider WA and OR my home. I served in the Army from 2000 to 2004 and I am an OIF Veteran. Even though I left the...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 9, 2020 | VetsWork
Hello everyone, my name is Chris and I am joining Mt. Adams Institute for a second VetsWork AmeriCorps internship. I am so excited to return and meet the new VetsWork cohort. I am also thrilled to be working with the amazing people at Tillamook Estuaries Partnership...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 9, 2020 | VetsWork
I grew up in Brownsville, Texas and spent my summers on the family farm in Zacatecas, Mexico. I sincerely love hiking in the outdoors and have lost count of how many so called mountains I’ve climbed. They’ve been mostly smaller type hills like Mt. Diablo...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 9, 2020 | VetsWork
I grew up exploring in the William B. Bankhead National Forest. The forest was quite literally my backyard, and with the help of a vivid imagination, I decided my career choices at a young age. Whether it be acquiring branches as crude weaponry and playing “army”,...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 9, 2020 | VetsWork
I grew up deep in the heart of Texas, in the capital Austin. I enjoy mountain biking, bird watching, and as silly as it sounds getting butterflies to land on my fingers. During my Naval service, my ship responded to the 2010 earthquake disaster in Port au Prince,...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 9, 2020 | VetsWork
Growing up in northern California some of my fondest childhood memories were trips with my grandparents to the Redwood Forests. I was simply awe struck to see the world’s tallest trees. This early experience left a lasting impression. After five years in the military...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 9, 2020 | VetsWork
I grew up in northern Georgia. Shortly after high school, I joined the U.S. Army and became an Airborne Ranger. In 2015 I retired from the U.S. Army with over 21 years of active service as a Special Forces Non-Commissioned officer. Since retirement I have been...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 9, 2020 | VetsWork
I noticed the Mt. Adams Institute VetsWork opportunity during a research for jobs while planning a move nearby a National Forest. It seemed like a good fit with my plans to further my education in the field of forestry. I’m looking forward to the experience and...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 9, 2020 | VetsWork
Hello! I’m here because I wanted a fun, educational way to give my career in anthropology a kick-start. I have always been an extremely curious and outgoing person, even as a child. My father was in the Army, and though we happily lived off base, his ongoing...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I was raised on a small farm in Mount Vernon, KY where I was one of 18 siblings. We raised cows, horses, pigs, chickens, and had a big vegetable garden. I grew up pretty poor but very proud and was taught the value of hard work, dedication, commitment, honesty, and...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I grew up in a very rural part of eastern Texas. Every day for me growing up was in the woods, sometimes hunting or fishing with my dad. Ever since I was a kid I’ve always wanted to work for an organization like the Forest Service, originally as a game warden. A year...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
My name is Shane Tullos. I live in the heart of the piney woods of east Texas in the Davy Crockett National Forest with my wife of ten years and our five-year-old son. I grew up and attended school in Rusk, Texas. I enlisted in the U.S. Army while still attending high...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Amherst County, Virginia. I enjoy snowboarding, surfing hiking, kayaking, archery, shooting, and climbing. I served one tour in the Army, where I was wounded during combat in Afghanistan. During my recovery I explored the world...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
Growing up on a farm in Pennsylvania instilled in me a strong respect and understanding of the importance of taking care of the land. That respect and love for natural things grew when I moved to California at the age of 18 to become an adventure guide. I took groups...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I was born in Washington State and lived there until the age of five. Then I moved to Arizona and lived there for a total of 22 years. When I was 20 I joined the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. During that time I spent one year deployed in...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I’m Tue Gillen. Before I was assigned to the Cordova Ranger District, I worked as a restorer for eighteen months, and as a substitute schoolteacher on and off for three years. Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, I’m surprisingly acclimated to the cold weather here....
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I am from Montana. I was in the Marine Corps for five years. After the military, I worked in underwater construction, and then security in Kuwait. After that I was a lineman for a private jet company. The last thing I did before signing up with Mt. Adams Institute was...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
My name is Mark Martinez. I grew up in south Texas to a low-income, migrant farming family. I love hiking, fishing and hunting, however, I never hunt or fish just for the sport of it but to provide food for myself at times. I joined the Army at 17 years old, with two...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I’m an Air Force Veteran and a Texan, who has been living overseas most of my adult life. I love the outdoors, and am interning with Mt. Adams Institute’s VetsWork program because it’s a perfect segue to a career in the forestry sector. I’m psyched...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I served in the United States Air Force (Active Duty) for four years and the United States Air Force (Reserves) for two years. I’ve always had aspirations to “pay it forward” by giving back to the country that has given me so much. I came to the United States as a...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
My name is Christopher Steinle and I grew up outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I am an eleven-year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard where I developed several skills that I’m expecting to transfer to the environmental field. I have a bachelor’s and associate’s...
