Meet Chris Stevens, 2020 VetsWork AmeriCorps Intern!

Meet Chris Stevens, 2020 VetsWork AmeriCorps Intern!

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...
Meet Tue Gillen, 2020 VetsWork AmeriCorps Intern!

Meet Tue Gillen, 2020 VetsWork AmeriCorps Intern!

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....
Meet Ernie Boswell, 2020 VetsWork AmeriCorps Intern!

Meet Ernie Boswell, 2020 VetsWork AmeriCorps Intern!

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...

VetsWork: A Life-changing Program

Hello everyone out there in Blog land! My name is Jeff and I am a VetsWork intern working with the fleet management department in (wait for it), Anchorage, Alaska!! I am going on my 3rd month with the program here and love it. The people I work with are awesome and...

VetsWork: A New Perspective on Alaska

I think that everyone in the lower 48 states has an idea of what Alaska is like or all about. First things that jump to my mind are moose, glaciers, vast expanse of forest and the odd off/on structure of daylight throughout the year. Basically anything outdoorsy or...

VetsWork: Just the Beginning

  Hello world, I am serving as a recreation intern based at the Glacier Ranger District in Girdwood, Alaska for the U.S. Forest Service on the Chugach National Forest. Finding this position came at the perfect time in my life and I am so ecstatic to be here! I...