By Aalia Shaheed
The Border Jobs for Veterans Act, which President Obama signed last month, requires the Department of Homeland Security to consult with the Defense Department in an effort to hire outgoing U.S. military service members to patrol the border for Customs and Border Protection.
The law will help provide jobs for veterans who may have difficulty readjusting to civilian life. That is a common problem among young veterans, said Cliff Wade, an Outreach Specialist and Veterans Advocate at Old Pueblo Community Services, a nonprofit support organization in Tucson, Ariz.
“I was talking to one of our young veterans who was a Marine in that first wave into Iraq,” Wade said. “I asked him about his ‘transferrable skills.’ He replied his skill was ‘home invasions.’
“All he did for a year was kick down doors and go in, not knowing what was on the other side. He didn’t know how that could possibly transfer to civilian life.”
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