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Helmets to Hardhats Launches ‘Good to Go’ Site for Returning Troops

by James Parks, Oct 11, 2009

 
    

Making the transition from military life to a civilian life is not easy. Many veterans and their families are unprepared when that day comes. Now Helmets to Hardhats, a nonprofit program of the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD), has launched a new website to help veterans better prepare for re-entry into civilian life.

Good to Go (G2G) provides service members with customizable checklists that cover everything from employment and housing to setting goals for the future. 

Says Darrell Roberts, executive director of Helmets to Hardhats:

The best welcome home for a returning service member is a seamless transition into a quality civilian career.

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