HII - HII Hosts Merging Vets & Players Event at Newport News Shipbuilding | Benzinga
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE:HII) today hosted the nonprofit Merging Vets and Players (MVP) for an event at its Newport News Shipbuilding division.
Merging Vets and Players, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, was formed to address the challenges that service members and former professional athletes face in transition to new mission, meaning and purpose once the uniform comes off.
Wednesday's event at The Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School brought together 150 active-duty sailors currently assigned to commands at NNS for a day of physical fitness and learning, with a focus on holistic wellbeing and leadership. NNS apprentices helped facilitate the workout portion and participants heard from Rear Adm. Brett Mietus, director, Navy Culture and Force Resilience Office, N17, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and Nate Boyer, former Army Green Beret and Seattle Seahawks player, who is the co-founder of MVP.
The event was a collaboration between NNS, MVP and The Hampton Roads Workforce Council, and it included a lunch sponsored by ...