Art Berube is a U.S. Army combat Veteran who served in Vietnam. Like many Veterans, upon returning to civilian life, Art realized that his military experience changed the way he viewed the world.
In an effort to recruit and attract veterans to work at Yale University, Yale’s HR Staffing department partnered with the School of Medicine’s Yale Center For Clinical Investigation (YCCI) and Yale New Haven Health Systems to attend the Service Academy Career Conference (SACC) on March 2nd in Savannah, GA. Celestina Perone, Recruiter HR Staffing, attended the conference with Erica Moreira, Programmer Analyst Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (USNA ‘11), and Devon Bushey, ITS Manager Applications II, Joint Data Analytics Team YNHHS.
Richie Iuso is a U.S. Army Veteran who served in Vietnam 11B Infantry from 1966-1968.
A note from the Editor, Joan Furey, RN, MA: I selected this month’s submission from Chapter III of Visions War, Dreams of Peace, which we entitled “Reflections”.
Tell us about your current role at Yale University?
I provide security, public safety, and concierge services at 300 George St. in the School of Medicine section of Yale.
Would you share some of your military experience and transition to the private sector?
I served in the Marines as an Infantryman from 1993 to 1997. Working in the security and public safety field was a natural fit upon entering the private sector as a result of my specialty and training while enlisted.
Ten months of humping the mountains and jungles of Vietnam had drained my body and spirit, making me an old, tired Marine at the age of 18. Tail end of the Company, snaking through the elephant grass, we stopped. Sitting, listening, on remote, trained by men and by the jungle itself—that was pushed aside by the huge head of a TIGER! Useless weapon in my lap, pointing at him without my finger on the trigger. When I twitched it a little, the tiger yawned, exposing better weapons. More in awe than afraid, I could only look as his golden eyes took me in.
The Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) was founded at Yale to provide immersive one or two week “bootcamps” for enlisted veterans who want to prepare to attend classes to pursue their college degrees. WSP resulted from the work of three very unique Yale undergraduates: Jesse Reisling, Chris Howell, and Nick Rugoff. A fourth Yalie, David Howell, was responsible for designing the original curriculum.
