Seven active-duty members of the U.S. Army along with three recent veterans graduated from the SMART Heroes program at the Western Washington location Monday, May 20, at 2725 Williamson Place, in DuPont. Active-duty graduates included Sgt. Keyan Welch, Spc. Saxxon Garcia, Spc. Zachary Lee, Spc. Anthony Quinones, Staff Sgt. Andrew Loupin, Spc. Ethan Peltzer and Spc. Eli Jones. Veterans included

Three active-duty members of the U.S. Army graduated from the SMART Heroes program Friday, May 10, at the Colorado location, 4003 N. Weber St. in Colorado Springs. Spc. Andy Laguerre, Spc. Isabel Martinez Valles and Spc. Janae Tatyana Jeter completed a seven-week course at the center to earn the equivalent of their first-year sheet metal apprentice training (224 hours), paving

As of this spring, the SMART Heroes program has produced 572 graduates over the course of 67 classes, each of which provides accelerated sheet metal training to recently discharged veterans and active military members in order to help smooth the transition from military life to a rewarding career in the trades. Upon discharge, graduates can choose to enter any of

Two active-duty members of the U.S. Army graduated from the SMART Heroes program at the Western Washington location Monday, March 25, at 2725 Williamson Place, in DuPont. This graduation marked the 40th class to participate in the program since its inception in 2017. Graduates of this most recent class included Spc. Nikolas Selser and Sgt. Joshua Hiatt. The program —

Ten active-duty members of the U.S. Army graduated from the SMART Heroes program Friday, March 15, at the Colorado location, 4003 N. Weber St. in Colorado Springs. To graduate, each service member completed a seven-week course at the center to earn the equivalent of their first-year sheet metal apprentice training (224 hours), paving their way for a rewarding career after

Four active-duty members and three veterans of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps graduated from the SMART Heroes program at the Western Washington location Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 2725 Williamson Place, in DuPont. This graduation marked the 39th class to participate in the program since its inception in 2017. Graduates of this most recent class included Staff Sgt. Douglas

Eight active-duty members of the U.S. Army graduated from the SMART Heroes program Friday, Jan. 19, at the Colorado location, 1420 Quail Lake Loop in Colorado Springs. Each of the graduates completed a seven-week course at the center to earn the equivalent of their first-year sheet metal apprentice training (224 hours), paving their way for a rewarding career after military

Two active-duty members of the U.S. Army graduated from the SMART Heroes program at the Western Washington location Monday, Nov. 13 at 2725 Williamson Place, in DuPont. Now in its sixth year, this graduation marked the 37th class of the program. Spc. Kamron Orr and Sgt. Jicara Quinn, both of the U.S. Army, successfully completed the accelerated training. Featured speakers

Five active-duty members of the U.S. Army and one recent veteran graduated from the SMART Heroes program Friday, Nov. 10 at the Colorado location, 1420 Quail Lake Loop in Colorado Springs. Each of the graduates completed a seven-week course at the center to earn the equivalent of their first-year sheet metal apprentice training (224 hours), paving their way for a

Nine active-duty members of the U.S. Army graduated from the SMART Heroes program Friday, Sept. 15 at the Colorado location, 1420 Quail Lake Loop in Colorado Springs. Each of the graduates completed a seven-week course at the center to earn the equivalent of their first-year sheet metal apprentice training (224 hours), paving their way for a rewarding career after their