San Francisco, CA –A group of active duty military personnel is taking the first step in their transition to civilian life by learning a new trade and industry management skills as part of a 12-week program sponsored by the Concrete Preservation Institute (CPI). Media will have the chance to see the hands-on program in action as soon-to-be veterans repair concrete at Alcatraz Island, which is a National Park Service (NPS) site. The program helps the active duty participants get ahead of the veteran-to-civilian transition curve and avoid unemployment and underemployment, while helping the National Park Service address repair needs.
What:Media tour of CPI’s Alcatraz Island repair/preservation projects, worked on by active duty military personnel as part of the Concrete Preservation Institute’s (CPI) Field School program.
Who:Dr. Tanya Komas, PhD, Founding Director, President & CEO of the CPI will lead the tour; MSG David Caleb – U.S. Army, Soldier for Life Program, Deputy Director, Western Region; Pete Warren, BASF Construction Systems; Don Rettig, President of the Owens- Corning Foundation; and active duty military participants will be on hand for comments
Photos:Field School team members showing details of their project in the picturesque Windy Gulch area of Alcatraz, views of Golden Gate and Alcatraz cell house in background (limited access area)
When:Tuesday, November 14, 2017; meet 8:15am, boat to Alcatraz departs at 8:45am. Media may take any departing boat back to San Francisco; they leave approx. every half hour
Where:“Alcatraz Landing,” Pier 33, San Francisco; transportation to/from Alcatraz provided
About CPI
CPI is a non-profit education foundation, a partner of the US National Park Service, an official US military Career Skills Program, and engages broadly with the Department of the Interior. Through conducting Field Schools at Alcatraz Island and Pearl Harbor’s Battleship Row, Hawaii, CPI completes significant repair and deferred maintenance projects that may not otherwise be completed on National Park landmarks and other public sites of irreplaceable cultural and military heritage.
