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The journey to a city\u2019s revitalization can start by building a single bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the ethos of The Mission Continues, a nonprofit dedicated to giving veterans an opportunity to help under-served communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we hear from veterans is that this felt like all the best parts of a military deployment,\u201d said Mary Beth Bruggeman, The Mission Continues\u2019 vice president of program strategy. \u201cWe capture that intense sense of focus and common mission. We put them side by side with new comrades who have a shared sense of community impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organization is currently gearing up for its Women Veterans Leadership Summit<\/a> from March 22-24 in Washington, D.C., and Operation Charm City Charge<\/a> from June 20-27 in Baltimore, the latter of which involves sending a big group of veterans into a community in need of their assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruggeman is a veteran herself, having served as a combat engineer officer in the Marines from 1999 to 2007. She commanded a company during the invasion of Iraq and ended her service as a captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She knows firsthand how difficult it can be to transition from a military lifestyle to the civilian world. Service projects like the ones organized by The Mission Continues, she said, are a great way for veterans to continue serving the country while using their skills productively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[W]e have our own array of challenges in this country,\u201d she said. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to go to Afghanistan to find them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mission Continues will turn 12 years old in August. The Baltimore event will be its fourth-annual \u201cmass deployment,\u201d meaning an event where 80 veterans are brought in to participate in a large-scale service project. Veterans have until March 25 to apply for the Baltimore mass deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruggeman said that the nonprofit\u2019s use of military terms and its shield logo are both efforts to make veterans more comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose are all meant to be familiar threads to our veterans, and repurposing them in communities is meant to be a bridge to their new life and move them on from their military service,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In previous years, The Mission Continues has sent veterans to aid communities in Detroit, Atlanta and Los Angeles. It is currently planning a 2020 mass deployment to Houston to help with recovery efforts stemming from the damage created by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Volunteers with The Mission Continues participate in Operation Westside Surge, which involved veterans volunteers renovating Truly Living Well, a community garden in Atlanta’s west side. (Photo provided by The Mission Continues)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Operation Charm City Charge, The Mission Continues is also about to host its Women Veterans Leadership Summit, which is designed to bring together female veterans to talk through and solve the problems they face upon exiting the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruggeman said that about 45 percent of the veterans participating in The Mission Continues-sponsored programs are women. That\u2019s notable given that women only make up roughly 10 percent<\/a> of all veterans, according to VA data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said that the summit is meant to tackle issues that all veterans face like, loss of identity, as well as problems specific to women, like men being referred to as \u201cassertive\u201d while women who exhibit similar characteristics get labeled as \u201cbossy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWomen veterans leave the military and face challenges because they\u2019re women veterans,\u201d Bruggeman said, adding that the goal of the summit is to \u201cpiece out which skills are most useful for women veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She advised veterans to keep serving in some capacity after their time in the military ends, whether that involves participating in The Mission Continues events or finding other outlets to put their skills to good use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhatever you feel you\u2019re missing post-service, it\u2019s probably the desire to use your skills again in your community,\u201d she said. \u201cBe willing to step up and serve again, because we\u2019re not done with you. You may have taken off the uniform \u2026 but you\u2019re very much still needed after your time in the military.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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