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 # Conservation Corps Gives Military Vets a New Direction in Civilian Life

 


 

 May 6, 2015 2:00 PM ET

  ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/8_trail_work_BLM.JPG "A member of the California Conservation Corps’ military veterans crew works on a trail that was part of a 10-day restoration project at Black Mountain Wilderness near Barstow.") 

 

 ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/7_removing_illegal_dump_Kyle_Hamada.jpg "Several members of a California Conservation Corps military veterans crew remove tires dumped near an abandoned cement water trough in the Black Mountain Wilderness outside of Barstow.") 

 

 ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/3_group_photo_BLM.JPG "A group of military veterans in the California Conservation Corps take a break from a recent work assignment in the Black Mountain Wilderness outside of Barstow.") 

 

 

        

 

 

 



     ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/8_trail_work_BLM.JPG?h=0d27ee61 "A member of the California Conservation Corps’ military veterans crew works on a trail that was part of a 10-day restoration project at Black Mountain Wilderness near Barstow.")   ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/7_removing_illegal_dump_Kyle_Hamada.jpg?h=d7bb9d3a "Several members of a California Conservation Corps military veterans crew remove tires dumped near an abandoned cement water trough in the Black Mountain Wilderness outside of Barstow.")   ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/3_group_photo_BLM.JPG?h=0d27ee61 "A group of military veterans in the California Conservation Corps take a break from a recent work assignment in the Black Mountain Wilderness outside of Barstow.")  

   

 

[Originally published in Edison Newsroom](http://newsroom.edison.com/stories/conservation-corps-gives-military-vets-a-new-direction-in-civilian-life)

Karla Rubio has struggled to find steady work since leaving the [U.S. Army](http://www.army.mil/) in 2007.

She found her Army job as a mortuary affairs specialist — working with the bodies of service members who died overseas and participating at military funerals — did not translate into the civilian world. She has also juggled college classes in law enforcement with a series of jobs, mostly in retail, while raising two sons, now 5 and 8.

At 27, she needed something more reliable, with a future.

Rubio recently stumbled across an item on the Internet that the [California Conservation Corps was seeking military veterans for a job-training program](http://www.ccc.ca.gov/join/Veteranopps/Pages/VeteranOpps.aspx). She joined in January.

“I like it a lot,” she said. “It keeps me active, provides money for me and my kids and has a lot of opportunity.”

The program, funded in part through a $35,000 Edison International grant to the [Conservation Lands Foundation](http://conservationlands.org/), provides veterans up to 29 years old with training in trail structures and habitat enhancement while paying them a salary. After one year and some required volunteer work, [Conservation Corps](http://www.ccc.ca.gov/Pages/default.aspx) veterans qualify for financial aid for their education.

**Read the story on Edison International's[ Online Newsroom](http://newsroom.edison.com/stories/conservation-corps-gives-military-vets-a-new-direction-in-civilian-life).**



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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