Central Oregon Community College launches program to help veterans develop business skills

Central Oregon Community College launches program to help veterans develop business skills

Keith Sherrill joined the U.S. Army at 17, shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. By the time he left 14 years later, he had been on nine combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with elite teams like the 75th Ranger Regiment and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.“For most of my adult life, I was covered in dirt or I smelled like jet fuel,” Sherill said.Transitioning back to civilian life was hard, he said, because “I had every…