Vets2Techs provides education and transition services to veterans leaving military service . The group , whose founders include Jesse Lord of A . R . M . Solutions , Gerry Brien of Consumer Focus Marketing and Leo Verusso of Advanced Fuel Solutions , works with fuel dealers that seek trainees and apprentices . For more information about Vets2Techs visit vets2techs . com .

U . S . Army Major General Thomas Carden visited with other veterans attending NPGA , including : Jose Rene “ J . R .” Martinez , retired U . S . Army soldier , actor , author , motivational speaker , and NPGA keynote speaker ; Lord , a retired U . S . Army soldier ; and James Devens , a former U . S . Army captain , now vice president of operations , Superior Plus Propane .

Major General Carden was appointed in January 2019 as the 43rd Adjutant General of the Georgia Department of Defense . He is responsible for directing , coordinating , organizing and stationing the Army and Air National Guards of the State of Georgia , the Georgia State Defense Force , and federal and state civilians , ensuring their readiness to perform state and national missions .

In 1986 , Carden enlisted in the Georgia Army National Guard as an infantryman . He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in August 1989 after completing officer candidate school . His military education includes the Infantry Officer Basic Course , Infantry Officer Advanced Course , the Combined Arms Services Staff School , the United States Army Command and General Staff

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