Florent Groberg, a retired US Army captain who was awarded the Medal of Honor, has been hired as director of veterans outreach for Boeing in Washington.
Groberg, a motivational speaker, spent the past seven months as spokesman for LinkedIn based in the capital to promote the company's free veterans job search program.
Boeing said Groberg will develop and implement a company-wide giving and engagement strategy for Boening work on behalf of veterans and their families. He will also head community engagement in the eastern US.
Groberg received the Medal of Honor, the country's highest military honor, for heroism in combat in Afghanistan in 2012.
Boeing government relations senior VP Tim Keating said Groberg's lessons from the battlfield "including the importance of teamwork, trust, discipline and selflessness will be invaluable" to the company.
Boing is one of the US military's top contractors.
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