Despite the gratitude we have as a country to the military veterans for their courageous acts when they were on active duty making sure that our country is safe, we will not be doing enough to honor their dedication and service if they end up being unemployed after exiting military service. The good thing is that there are organizations such as Veterans Green Jobs that strive to connect army veterans of all eras with the jobs that are available in the green sector.

Veterans Green Jobs is one of the organizations that work hard to equip veterans with skills that can help them get meaningful jobs in the green economy. They also help the veterans gain stability in careers that are aimed at creating a better environment through processes such as innovation, conservation and restoration. This is usually done in class, through fieldwork or via on-the-job training. The veterans are offered a variety of programs that cover important industries that are targeted at helping the environment and the community while at the same time providing veterans with a wide range of career choices.

The programs offered by Veterans Green Jobs include green and healthy homes, outdoor conservation, go green warehouse, wild-land firefighting, heating and air-conditioning services as well as solar services. A program like outdoor conservation provides seasonal employment for veterans whereby they conserve as well as preserve wild-land, maintain trails, reduce wildfire hazards and restore watersheds. Other jobs that the vets do in these programs include wild-land protection as well as wild-land firefighting services which enable them to get jobs with state as well as federal agencies.

Other organizations such as Farmer Veteran Coalition, Veteran Conservation Corp, Green Jobs 4 Vets and Green Collar Vets are also dedicated towards ensuring that veterans get jobs the green market. The Farmer Veteran Coalition matches veterans has programs that are aimed at helping veterans that are returning home to do farming and be successful, and also help those who want to start farming as a new career.

Veteran Conservation Corp offers volunteering opportunities for veterans in projects that are aimed at restoration of natural resources to protect and restore the watersheds in Washington. It also offers training, internships and job placement help for vets that are coming from service or school. Green Jobs 4 Vets and Green Collar Vets link veterans with the available job opportunities in the green economy.

There is a lot of information about green jobs for veterans online. In fact, you can make an application on the internet if you are a veteran and you are looking for a job in the green economy. The United States Department of Labor's page for Green Jobs also offers you information as well as announcement concerning green jobs initiative, training grants as well as partnership programs that are aimed at benefiting the army veterans.

There are many other operations that support creation of jobs in the green economy. It is good that efforts like these are in place to support the men and women who put their life on the line to serve and protect the country.