According to the Census Bureau there are 21.8 million Veterans in the U.S.

Key Club invited two Veterans to a November meeting to thank them for their service and to learn about the veterans’ life experiences.

Paul Clay is a retired Army Veteran after 21 years of serving his country. Shane Rossman is retired U.S. Navy after serving 4 years.

Both men had signed up for the military once they got out of college.

Once they signed up they went to a difficult training period, boot camp, were they were taught everything they needed to know about their area.

Club members  learned that those who are entering service must give careful thought to the area of service they wish to learn.

Paul Clay worked with Army communication were he had to be trained in spying and collecting information from all over the world. He also worked with the forensic team in the Army were they would collect evidence that could lead them to someone or something.

Shane Rossman worked with the air plane traffic controller were he would talk to the pilots and man the controls.

Clay and Rossman both said they recognized that the Marines is the most dangerous branch of service.

Shane Rossman said, “My favorite places that I visited were Australia, Korea, and Hawaii.”

They believe that the greatest things about signing up is service to the country and travel.

Attending and completing college is important to military success.  Paul Clay said, “It doesn’t matter what college you go to, as long as you get the paper [diploma] because no one will ask what college you went to as long as you completed the four years. What ever you plan to do, get the paper.”

Currently,  Clay is retired and Rossman works for the Social Security Administration.