农业部退伍军人招聘超额完成：240多人入职，并与战争部共建金星步道计划
美国农业部11月10日在华盛顿总部举行退伍军人节纪念活动，部长 Brooke L. Rollins 与退伍军人事务部长 Douglas A. Collins、小企业管理局局长 Kelly Loeffler 共同出席，宣布农业部面向退伍军人的招聘与纪念项目取得新进展。
农业部说，其「100天招募100人」计划已经收官，累计招募退伍军人、转业军人与军属超过240人，超过原定目标一倍以上，新入职人员进入保护美国食品供应、加强乡村社区与农业安全等关键岗位。
农业部同时宣布与美国战争部及林业局签署谅解备忘录，共同设立「金星步道计划」（Gold Star Trails Program），建立一套正式程序，把部分国家森林步道命名或更名，以纪念为国牺牲的军人，为金星家庭、战友与公众提供凭吊空间。
农业部还扩大了与战争部 SkillBridge 计划的合作：符合条件的现役军人可在服役最后180天内到农业部实习获取 civilian 工作经验，期间保留军饷与福利，岗位涵盖网络安全、数据与超级智能、合同管理等方向；军属就业则通过战争部的 SpouseWorks 计划对接。
Rollins 说，退伍军人对保卫关键岗位的使命感从根本上加强了农业部保护美国农业安全的能力。Collins 说，许多退伍军人退役后仍在以务农等方式继续为国家服务。
此外，Rollins 宣布 Richard Lopez 出任农业部退伍军人农业联络官，负责帮助退伍军人对接贷款、补助与创业资源。Lopez 曾在陆军服役8年，任情报分析员与上士，后在农业部农场服务局负责新农户协调工作。退伍军人可通过农业部网站的退伍军人专页了解教育、创业与就业机会。
（来源：美国农业部）
USDA More Than Doubles Veteran Hiring Goal With 240-Plus Hires, Launches Gold Star Trails Program With Department of War
The U.S. Department of Agriculture marked Veterans Day at its Washington headquarters on November 10, with Secretary Brooke L. Rollins joined by Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins and Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler to announce new progress on veteran hiring and remembrance programs.
USDA said its '100 Hires in 100 Days' effort has concluded with more than 240 veterans, transitioning service members and military spouses hired, more than double the original goal, into mission-critical roles protecting America's food supply, strengthening rural communities and defending agricultural security.
USDA also announced a memorandum of understanding with the Department of War and the U.S. Forest Service to develop the Gold Star Trails Program, a formal process for naming or renaming select Forest Service trails in honor of service members who made the ultimate sacrifice, giving Gold Star families, fellow service members and the public dedicated places of remembrance on public lands.
The department expanded its partnership with the Department of War's SkillBridge Program, which lets eligible active-duty service members spend up to their final 180 days of service gaining civilian work experience, including in cybersecurity, data and super intelligence, and contracting, while keeping full military pay and benefits. Military spouse employment is promoted through the SpouseWorks Program.
Rollins also named Richard Lopez as USDA's new Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison, to help veterans access loans, grants and business resources. Lopez served eight years in the U.S. Army as an intelligence analyst and staff sergeant and previously coordinated beginning farmer and rancher programs at the Farm Service Agency.
(Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture)
来源：美国农业部
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