Washington, DC – President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden today launched Joining Forces, a national initiative to support and honor America‟s service members and their families. The initiative aims to educate, challenge, and spark action from all sectors of our society – citizens, communities, businesses, non-profits, faith based institutions, philanthropic organizations, and government – to ensure military families have the support they have earned.

Cisco is partnering with Futures Inc. on the US Military Pipeline initiative, a web-based program for helping veterans, transitioning military, wounded warriors and spouses connect with education resources, mentors and employment opportunities. The program has been successfully piloted at Fort Bragg, NC with around 10,000 active users. Today they announced the second phase of the program with the expansion to all eligible users at Fort Bragg, NC and the addition of Fort Hood, TX. This expansion will support more than 20,000 transitioning personnel at Fort Bragg and Fort Hood and over 51,000 spouses affiliated with these bases. The third phase of the program, to be rolled out by the end of the calendar year, will scale to multiple other bases and veterans organizations.

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