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Latest Issue · Volume 31 · September 2026
LockLeed Logistics Relaunches, Plus Veteran Resources
By LockLeed Team
LockLeed relaunches its logistics division under Army veteran Jim Walker, and points veterans to the resources, events and support they have earned.
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2026 3 issues
LockLeed Logistics Relaunches, Plus Veteran Resources
LockLeed relaunches its logistics division under Army veteran Jim Walker, and points veterans to the resources, events and support they have earned.By LockLeed TeamMemorial Day Tribute to the Fallen and Master Sergeant Nicole Amor
LockLeed marks Memorial Day with the holiday’s history, a reflection on the cost of freedom, and a tribute to US Army Reserve Master Sergeant Nicole Amor, a local soldier killed in Kuwait.By Renée R. RothServing God and Their Community: Mike Wolbrink and Jody Younger
Airborne Ranger veteran Mike Wolbrink and Jody Younger run Younger Gunworks in Le Center, Minnesota, teaching responsible gun ownership and serving their community through ministry.By Renée R. Roth
2025 3 issues
LockLeed Outdoor Foundation: A New Nonprofit Led by Joel Peterson
LockLeed launches the LockLeed Outdoor Foundation, a nonprofit led by Army veteran Joel Peterson to build camaraderie among veterans. The employer edition adds how companies can hire veterans through LockLeed.By Renée R. Roth
Ambush Outdoor Spotlight and the Launch of LockLeed Logistics
Meet Ambush Outdoor, the Detroit Lakes maker of ice fishing houses that hired through LockLeed, and Jim Walker, the Army veteran leading the new LockLeed Logistics division.By Renée R. Roth
LockLeed Partners with Anderson Trucking Service in St. Cloud
Anderson Trucking Service, a St. Cloud company founded by an Air Force veteran, is working with LockLeed to hire veterans across the company. ATS leaders say what they look for and how they help veterans succeed.By Renée R. Roth
2024 4 issues
LockLeed Logistics: New Division Led by Army Veteran James Walker
LockLeed adds a logistics division. Army veteran James Walker, who spent 18 years in freight forwarding, will place veterans in supply chain, transportation and logistics roles, and says why he joined.By Renée R. Roth
IWCO Partnership with LockLeed: Hiring More Veterans
Chanhassen direct marketing company IWCO explains how LockLeed's screening helps it hire veterans, why it wants more of them on staff, and what keeps its employees for decades.By Renée R. Roth
John Mitchell: From Army Ranger to Veteran Entrepreneur
Former Army Ranger John Mitchell now owns Cedar Solutions & Fence. He tells why owning a business is the best job for him and how he tackles goals like targets on a shooting range.By Renée R. Roth
Brandon Sullivan: From a 50-Foot Fall to the Warrior Games
A 50-foot fall while trimming trees in 2018 cost Brandon Sullivan his right leg below the knee, and he was told he would never run again. In March 2024 he won 10 medals in Las Vegas and qualified for the Warrior Games.By Renée R. Roth
2023 6 issues
LockLeed Receives the 2023 HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion Award
The U.S. Department of Labor named LockLeed International a Platinum recipient of the 2023 HIRE Vets Medallion Award, one of 859 employers recognized for recruiting, hiring and retaining veterans.By Renée R. Roth
What Veterans Day Means and Why the Marines Took Iwo Jima
A Veterans Day issue on how November 11 became a holiday, plus a Marine Corps birthday look at why Iwo Jima mattered, with a Marine’s memory of the flag on Mt. Suribachi.By Renée R. Roth
Minnesota National Guard History and Jason Rehn’s Journey
A short history of the Minnesota National Guard, and the story of Jason Rehn, a Marine veteran who escorted supply convoys in Iraq during the Red Bulls’ record 22-month deployment.By Renée R. Roth
Remembering Staff Sergeant Harvey J. Gleason on Memorial Day
For Memorial Day, how one family traced the last battle of Staff Sergeant Harvey J. Gleason, killed in eastern France in January 1945, plus LockLeed's VetConnect event at Camp Ripley.By Renée R. Roth
Scholarships for Military Spouses, and VetConnect at Camp Ripley
How the Think GREAT Foundation helps military and veteran spouses pay for school, with one Navy spouse's story, plus LockLeed's VetConnect event for veterans at Camp Ripley on June 9.By LockLeed Team
First Air Guard Flight Nurse to Earn the Distinguished Flying Cross
Maj. Katie Lunning of the Minnesota Air National Guard becomes the Air Guard's first flight nurse to earn the Distinguished Flying Cross. Employers also get advice for hiring in 2023 and the case for hiring veterans.By LockLeed Team
2022 4 issues
Veterans Day History and Well-Known Minnesota Military Veterans
How November 11 became Veterans Day, short profiles of five Minnesota veterans from Tuskegee Airman Harold Brown to General John Vessey, and LockLeed's VetConnect event on December 7.By LockLeed Team
Blue Angels Name First Female F/A-18 Pilot, a Minnesota Native
Mounds View native Lt. Amanda Lee joins the Blue Angels, LockLeed sponsors the Every Third Saturday golf tournament that funds a new veterans center, and LockLeed invites employers to hire Military Grade Talent.By LockLeed Team
Coast Guard Ice Diving at Camp Ripley and a Veterans Career Fair
The Coast Guard makes Camp Ripley the home of its cold water ice diving course, LockLeed sponsors a USA Cares fundraiser, and a June 23 career fair invites veteran job seekers.By LockLeed Team
Minnesota Guard Fills COVID-19 Gaps, Plus a Veterans Career Fair
Minnesota National Guard members staffed COVID-19 testing sites and trained as nursing assistants to cover shortages, and LockLeed announced a no-cost Veterans Career Fair for June.By LockLeed Team
2021 5 issues
5 Facts About Veterans Day and LockLeed's Veterans Career Fair
Why Veterans Day takes no apostrophe, how it differs from Memorial Day and how Armistice Day became Veterans Day, plus the date and place of LockLeed's Veterans Career Fair.By LockLeed Team
Every Third Saturday's New Veteran Center and Golf Fundraiser
Every Third Saturday is building a Minneapolis home for veterans facing PTSD and homelessness, and LockLeed played in and sponsored its golf fundraiser. Plus a veteran's 50-state push-up trek for suicide awareness.By LockLeed Team
Minnesota Guardsmen Return From Africa and LockLeed's Career Fair
More than 700 Minnesota Guard soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry head home from the Horn of Africa, and LockLeed invites veterans, service members and spouses to its first career fair on June 9, 2021.By LockLeed Team
Nystrom Honored as LockLeed's 2020 Employer of the Year
Commercial building products manufacturer Nystrom, Inc. earns LockLeed's 2020 Employer of the Year award for hiring military talent, with words from its HR director and LockLeed founder John Henka.By LockLeed Team
133rd Airlift Wing Marks 100 Years and the Guard's Year in Review
The 133rd Airlift Wing marks a century since the country's first Air National Guard unit was recognized, and the Minnesota National Guard looks back on flood, unrest and COVID-19 duty in 2020.By LockLeed Team
2020 4 issues
History of Veterans Day: From the 1918 Armistice to November 11
A Veterans Day issue that traces the holiday from the World War I armistice of November 11, 1918, through its renaming in 1954 to its return to November 11.By LockLeed Team
3,000 Minnesota Guard Soldiers Wrap Up Mojave Desert Exercise
Minnesota's Red Bull armored brigade finishes desert training ahead of a 2021 deployment. LockLeed spotlights Think GREAT founder Erik Therwanger and Todd Schnorr's veterans fundraiser, and makes the case for veteran recruiters.By LockLeed Team
Guard COVID-19 Mobilization Tops 28,400; LockLeed Expands to Tampa
The National Guard's COVID-19 mobilization passes 28,400 troops. LockLeed spotlights Army veteran Samantha Heller and former Marine Justin Ringler's Post Rock Beef, lists free veteran sourcing programs and announces a Tampa office.By LockLeed Team
Reuniting After War’s Bash For The Brave and Finding Military Talent
Meet Reuniting After War, which brings combat veteran units back together in northern Minnesota, then see where employers can find military talent and what the Work Opportunity Tax Credit offers.By LockLeed Team
2019 2 issues
700 Minnesota Guard Troops Deploy and a Navy SEAL Veteran Spotlight
Almost 700 Minnesota National Guard soldiers head to the Middle East, former Navy SEAL Brian Heaphy shares his Alaska photography, and employers get tools for reading military job codes plus news on the Work Opportunity Tax Credit.By LockLeed Team
Red Bull Soldiers Come Home and LockLeed Expands to San Antonio
The 34th Red Bull Infantry Division wraps up its Middle East deployment, 82nd Airborne veteran Paul Gorman is in the spotlight, and LockLeed shows employers how to build a military recruiting strategy.By LockLeed Team
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