He lines up jobs for veteran Marines
Otis Willie
(EXCERPT) New program helps those leaving active duty, by Howard
Wilkinson The Cincinnati Enquirer
Anyone who has served in the U.S. Marine Corps will tell you - there
is no such thing as an "ex-Marine."
Once you join that close-knit brotherhood, you remain a Marine for the
rest of your life, even if decades have passed since you served.
"We call them 'veteran Marines,' not ex-Marines," said Maj. David
Keszei, a Cincinnatian who has been a fighter pilot and is now running
the Cincinnati office of "Marine For Life," an assistance program for
Marines making the transition to civilian life.
When a Marine leaves active duty and re-enters the civilian world the
adjustment can be difficult.
That is why the Marine Corps created the "Marine For Life'' program.
Offices are getting off the ground in Marine reserve centers in 46
cities including Cincinnati.
Keszei, who has gone from active duty to reserve status and back to
active duty in his 14-year Marine career, has been planting the seeds
for a Cincinnati Marine for Life program from his desk at the reserve
center on Gilbert Avenue.
For Keszei, who has flown air strike missions over Iraq in an F/A-18
Hornet in Operation Southern Watch, his new assignment means long days
maki...
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