Nearly 3,000 Missouri employers have taken the Show-Me Heroes pledge to provide employment assistance to Missouri National Guard veterans, resulting in nearly 4,500 Missouri veterans earning jobs. “The actual number may be significantly higher,” said 2nd Lt. Jon Barry, director of the Show-Me Heroes Program, since employers self-report their data voluntarily.
Show-Me Heroes was introduced by Governor Nixon and is administered by the Missouri Division of Workforce Development within the Department of Economic Development.
Most Guardsmen serve part-time and leave jobs and businesses when they deploy. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Missouri has fielded approximately 17,600 individual deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, the Sinai, Qatar and areas around the world. For more information, visit www.moguard.com.