Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers Announces New Class of Disabled Veteran Trainees

FORT MYERS, Fla. - April 13, 2016 - PRLog -- Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers (http://www.dvic.us/) (DVIC) has launched its next class of disabled veteran trainees. The veterans will spend the next four and a half months training and learning the many facets of the insurance industry in order to pursue careers in that field. There are currently two veterans in the Southwest Florida training program, Andre Searcy and Joanne Smith in addition to Michael Adam and Charles Benton who will be studying in Leavenworth, Kan. with Armed Forces Insurance.

"DVIC offers disabled veterans who have served our country the opportunity for a meaningful career," stated Gary Bryant, president and CEO of DVIC. "These men and women should have career opportunities when they return home and it is our mission to provide excellent insurance education and training so they can be a success."

DVIC relies on corporate donations, personal donations and support from the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs to continue to sponsor disabled veterans who go through the training program. If you would like to sponsor a veteran or make a donation to DVIC, please visit DVIC.us (http://www.dvic.us/) or call 239-433-8523.

ABOUT DISABLED VETERANS INSURANCE CAREERS

Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers is a not for profit 501(C) 3 organization, established in 2011 with the mission to educate, train and create meaningful employment opportunities within the insurance industry for disabled veterans. The organization's operating board consists of: retired U.S. Army Major General, James L. Dozier; Roger C. Mercado Jr. of Community Cooperative Inc.; Gary V. Trippe CIC, co-founder and chairman of Oswald Trippe and Co.; retired insurance agency executive Gay Trippe; John Pollock CIC, regional insurance president, Florida, Pennsylvania, Tennessee of BB&T Insurance Services, Inc.; retired U.S. Army Colonel Thomas A. Dials, chairman emeritus of the Armed Forces Insurance Corporation; Dr. J.R. Harding of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; former U.S. Air Force Captain and professional speaker, Wayne Smith; Todd E. Gates, chairman of Gates Construction; and retired U.S. Army Captain Jae Barclay of CRC Insurance Services . Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Gary L. Bryant is the president and CEO of DVIC. For additional information, call 239-433-8523 or visit DVIC.us (http://www.dvic.us/).