European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 stars an p stripes saturday March 31 2007 your Money wounded vets take advantage of Job fair by Michelle Roberts the associated press san applicants with miss ing limbs and severe Burns arrived on crutches and in wheelchairs tuesday at a Job fair de signed to help veterans rebuild their lives after being severely wounded in Iraq some veterans wore bandages fatigues and dark suits to cover their combat injuries As they met with recruiters that included Banks financial planners military contractors and Federal agencies it was the ninth in a series of Job fairs sponsored by the Pentagon getting badly wounded was a twist in life they haunt counted on said Patricia Brad Shaw the pentagons Deputy undersecretary of civilian personnel Job fairs provide the Hope and inspiration there is life after the Mili tary More than 23000 service members have been wounded in combat in Iraq because of advances in Battlefield Medicine some of the worst wounds including Burns and limb losses Are increasingly survivable sgt Chad Rozanski 21 lost both legs above the knee in an explosion last july he had planned to work As a firefighter or for the transportation Security administration after his military career but the blast shattered those plans and put him in a wheelchair Rozanski has been so focused on rehabilitation that Only recently did he begin thinking about his pos military life the Job fair he said was a comfortable place to Start in going to be Able to come up Here and not going to be continually turned Down he said adding that he would also be spared the chore of repeatedly explaining his wounds pc James Johnson 38 of Middletown Ohio suffered a broken ankle and third de Gree leg Burns after a suicide bomber blew a truck up near a Security checkpoint he said the Job fair was convenient for wounded ser Vic members recovering at fort Sam hous ton which houses the army Only Burn unit and has a new rehabilitation Center for amputees its a huge advantage because i  get a second glance looking like this Johnson said glancing Down at his crutches and army Nylon track suit the event is also an Opportunity to meet employers in a nonthreatening environment wounded veterans can still get out there and the big world is saying we still want you you have skills we want Johnson said for employers the Job fair offers a Chance to Survey a Pool of disciplined hardworking applicants Many of whom already have obtained the Security clearance that is important for defense jobs Federal agencies must give hiring prefer ence to military veterans the roughly 70 employers at the fort Sam Houston fair included the Central intelligence Agency and the Tsa As Well As private employers such As aircraft maker Northrop Grumman corp and heavy construction company Kiewit corp Lamar Small a human resource manager for Kiewit said the company offers jobs that require employees to move frequently which can be a Good fit for veterans those with severe disabilities will not be Able to work in construction but they could be engineers or accountants or fill other positions that Are not physically strenuous he said veterans often bring another strength for Kiewit which has a number of Federal con tracts they understand paperwork and paperwork is very important to the government Small said Eric sgt Thomas Bishop right who was injured by a Roadside bomb blast in Iraq talks with Recruiter meryl Kettler during a Job fair tuesday at fort Sam Houston in san Antonio it was the ninth in a series of Job fairs sponsored by the Pentagon wednesdays Market i High Low chg chg chg 1279593 1068332 Dow Jones industrials 1230036 9693 78 521142 413472 Dow Jones transportation 479365 5895 121 50317 38097 Dow Jones utilities 50146 17 03 946362 770811 nose composite 921853 7026 76 217989 180065 amex Index 215125 352 16 253142 201278 Nash a composite 241710 2033 83 146157 121929 1138 80 87089 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