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Job fair helps veterans starting over
Ex-military work seekers attend event aimed at them
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John Crowe fills out paperwork at the Department of Corrections booth at a job fair Thursday at the Georgia Department of Labor’s Gainesville Career Center. Crowe was in the Army until 2015, and he has been searching for jobs within 50 miles of Gainesville with no luck. - photo by Erin O. Smith
At 35, John Crowe thought he would have a smooth transition to life outside the Army. “I figured I’d be so much further in life than where I am now, but I’m starting over at 35,” he said. “The struggle is real.”