DOD program helps wounded servicemembers transition to civilian career

Fort Carson Army Spc. Bobby Green, who has a background in logistics, has discovered a knack for contracting.

Even more interesting, he said, is that he found the contracting career field while working for the Air Force, in the 21st Contracting Squadron on Peterson Air Force Base.

“I took a test that tells you what your strengths are — my strengths are 100 percent this — I didn’t even know,” he said. “I love it.”

Specialist Green and the 21st Contracting Squadron are part of a Department of Defense program called Operation Warfighter. Its mission is to bring wounded servicemembers who are convalescing or awaiting a medical review board into a temporary work assignment resembling an internship program.
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