National Guard and Dept of Education partner to offer opportunities to high schoolers

Citizen Soldier Career Exposition

MONTGOMERY, AL (03/27/2017) (readMedia)-- The Alabama National Guard's 22nd Recruiting and Retention Battalion, in collaboration with Alabama Army National Guard units and the Alabama Department of Education, will conduct a Citizen Soldier Career Exposition in Dothan this week.

This will be a one-day event at Houston County Career Academy. The 22nd Recruiting and Retention Battalion recruiters will be present and local units will provide personnel and equipment to showcase their capabilities and answer any questions that students may have about the Soldiers' job.

Area high school students will attend the exposition to explore career opportunities in the Alabama Army National Guard. This event is not open to the general public and is only for the invited high school students in the area of each event and local city and government officials. We would like to take this opportunity to invite media outlets to attend and see what the Alabama National Guard has to offer. Please see the details below for the event on March 29.

WHO:

Alabama National Guard
WHAT:

The Alabama National Guard's 22nd Recruiting and Retention Battalion, in collaboration with Alabama Army National Guard units and the Alabama Department of Education, will conduct a Citizen Soldier Career Exposition at the Houston County Career Academy, March 29, 2017, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
WHEN: Wednesday March 29, 2017 at 08:30AM Central Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Houston County Career Academy
662 West Main St
Dothan, Alabama 36301
NOTES:

Media who wish to attend this event should email the Alabama National Guard public affairs office NO LATER THAN 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at alngpao@mail.mil or call Lt. Col. Shannon Hancock at (334) 306-4559.  Please bring your media credentials and a government issued photo ID. Alabama National Guard personnel will be available for interviews.