Cody Hare
U.S. Navy Veteran and Graduate of North American Trade Schools
My name is Cody Hare. I am a U.S. Navy veteran from Baltimore, MD. My story began when I graduated from Catonsville High School and went straight into the U.S. Navy in which I served four years from 2012 to 2016 on the CVN-75 USS Harry S. Truman. I went on two nine-month deployments overseas and probably spent in total almost three of those years out to sea. My rates/ jobs were working in the pump rooms of the ship with jet fuel as well as military police.
When I was honorably discharged in 2016, I came home took a month of vacation then started working whatever jobs I could get, which lasted about six months. I thought day in and day out I need and want more, so I pursued looking into trade schools. I wanted to primarily learn welding, automotive, and diesel. These trades were a set of goals to learn and achieve on the path I foresaw. In early 2017 I came to North American Trade Schools in Windsor Mill, MD, and started the Welding program. I found I had an interest in Welding, passed a couple of Welding certifications, and graduated. I took in as much skill and knowledge as possible. Once I graduated from the Welding program, I went straight into an Automotive program at another school in which I graduated.
I continued my journey back at NATS in the Diesel program right after I graduated from automotive. I obtained more certs, knowledge, and graduated from that as well. During my Diesel program during the day, I also began working at NATS as a nighttime welding instructor for the first quarter, in which many long days and nights began but I continued to hit everything hard and succeed in every way possible.
After diesel I used the last of my Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits taking the Industrial Maintenance program at NATS. This course was just for extra knowledge in which it had a little bit of everything in it like Building Trades, HVAC, Electrical, and more. I graduated from that as well and now am a full-time Welding instructor at NATS teaching day and night classes. I love passing on knowledge to others as well as being a part of the school that helped me succeed and accomplish my goals the most. I constantly gain wisdom and knowledge from fellow faculty and students. NATS is always my number one to recommend to anyone because it has great instructors, staff, courses, and environment.
I also went with Mr. Mann, Mr. Daly, and a few other veterans to Washington D.C. to talk to members of congress about how education and benefits are very important to veterans. My overall goals in life are to live easy enjoy every aspect and provide for myself and my family. “Dirty Hands Clean Money”