Mike Williams, chairman of the Wisconsin Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Committee, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense, recently announced that Steve Gulan, mill manager of Little Rapids Corporation, Shawano, signed a statement of support for the National Guard and Reserve.
The statement confirms Little Rapids will provide managers and supervisors with the tools they need to effectively manage employees who serve in the guard and reserve, as well as encourage opportunities to employ guardsmen, reservists, transitioning service members and veterans.
“We will continually recognize and support our country’s service members and their families in peace, in crises and in war,” the company said in the statement.
“Employers who sign an ESGR Statement of Support are a critical component of our national defense strategy,” Williams said. “The National Guard and Reserve forces make up approximately 50 percent of our country’s armed forces. One of ESGR’s missions is to foster a culture in which all employers support and value the employment and military service members of the National Guard and Reserve.
“By signing an SOS, Little Rapids Corporation is now part of an elite group of Wisconsin employers who pledge their support to our guard and reserve members who make ongoing personal and professional sacrifices in support of our national defense.”
There are about 1.3 million men and women in the National Guard and Reserve.
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