In 2005, while leading his platoon in Mosul, Iraq, Major Smiley found himself in front of a suicide car bomber. After the man blew himself up, shrapnel blew through Scotty's eyes, leaving him blinded and temporarily paralyzed.
Veteran unemployment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is at 6.5% which contrasts with the state's overall unemployment rate of 3.7% as of Feb. 2022.
This event will include booths, exhibits, and experiential learning opportunities such as: pelvic floor health, yoga, strength training, drum circle, Qigong, stress management, and a workshop for parents to name a few. See old friends while making new ones at this annual gathering.
Every November, we come together as a country to show these men and women, these veterans, that what they experienced, what they saw, what they did will not be forgotten. Ever.