HII joins effort to hire vets, spouses

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is expanding efforts to create employment opportunities for military veterans and spouses. HII announced Jan. 16 that it has joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s “Hiring 100,000 Military Spouses” campaign to raise awareness of military spouse unemployment and to encourage employers to make military spouse hiring commitments. HII plans to hire 50 spouses over the next three years. “As the largest employer in Mississippi and industrial employer in Virginia, nothing is more important to us than growing our workforce through the recruitment, hiring and retaining of veterans and their families,” said Bill Ermatinger, HII’s executive VP. HII employs more than 6,600 former members of the Armed Forces, as well as current members of the National Guard and Reserve. (Source: HII 01/16/19)