U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Boone Cole, a bulk fuel specialist

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Boone Cole, a bulk fuel specialist with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistic Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, welds a pipe together during an 18 week Veterans in Piping (VIP) course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 28, 2014. VIP offers intensive skills training and job opportunities in the pipe trade to military personnel preparing to leave active duty. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carolyn P. Pichardo, COMCAM, MCI-East, Camp Lejeune/Released)