Maurice “Mo” Miller, Sharon Caldwell, Miguel Stewart and Dru Tischer have a conversation during the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Veterans/Community Job Club on Nov. 2 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
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Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center Recruiters Sheryl Cowley and Army veteran Dupree Davis talk with Army veteran Steven Bauer, of Shawnee, about the many jobs available at COJC during the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Veterans/Community Job Club on Nov. 2 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Navy veteran Jeremy Roberts, far right, speaks with representatives from Veterans Upward Bound, Cody Dildine and Bob Keel, during the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Veterans/Community Job Club on Nov. 2 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center. Veterans Upward Bound is based at East Central University, but helps veterans get into the college of their choice. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Canoo representative speaks
CPN representative speaks
Delaware Resource Group representative speaks
OESC Disabled Veteran's Program Specialist Dru Tischer, right, shakes hands with American Legion Post 16 Veteran Service Officer Jim Vaughn during the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Veterans/Community Job Club on Nov. 2 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center. Ten veterans attended the event. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Dru Tischer, a Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) Specialist for Pottawatomie and Seminole Counties, considers himself to be lucky.
He served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army from 1991 to 1995, and when he saw an opportunity to join the Shawnee Fire Department, he took it.
Other veterans may or may not be that lucky finding a job when they exit the military.
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