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North Carolina State Sen. Ronald Rabin (left), a retired U.S. Army colonel, visited Central Carolina Community College's Lee County Campus Sept. 17 to see some of the vocational programs that veterans are enrolled in and to speak to the Veterans Club. Motorcycle Mechanics student Robert Miller (second from left), of Hoke County, who retires from the Army in October, and student Kenneth Kennedy, of Harnett County, demonstrate a leak-down test on a Harley Davidson engine. The vocational training for in-demand careers and the support services the college offers veterans impressed him. For information about veterans' services at CCCC, call Tracey Gross, Veterans Affairs Coordinator, at 919-718-7233 or email at tgross@cccc.edu.

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North Carolina State Sen. Ronald Rabin (center), a retired U.S. Army colonel, visited Central Carolina Community College's Lee County Campus Sept. 17 to see some of the vocational programs that veterans are enrolled in and to speak to the Veterans Club. During his tour, he paused for a photo with the Veterinary Medical Technology horse skeleton and Army veterans Amy White, of Harnett County and Kelli Bechtler, of Randolph County, VMT students. The vocational training for in-demand careers and the support services the college offers veterans impressed him. For information about veterans' services at CCCC, call Tracey Gross, Veterans Affairs Coordinator, at 919-718-7233 or email at tgross@cccc.edu.

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Ben Cole (right) Central Carolina Community College lead engineering instructor and Veterans' Club advisor, presents a ceramic with an American flag to North Carolina State Sen. Ronald Rabin during Rabin's visit to the college's Lee County Campus Sept. 17. Rabin, a retired U.S. Army colonel, came to see some of the vocational programs that veterans are enrolled in and to speak to the Veterans Club. The vocational training for in-demand careers and the support services the college offers veterans impressed him. For information about veterans' services at CCCC, call Tracey Gross, Veterans Affairs Coordinator, at 919-718-7233 or email at tgross@cccc.edu.

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North Carolina State Sen. Ronald Rabin, a retired U.S. Army colonel, speaks to the Veterans Club at Central Carolina Community College's Lee County Campus during a Sept. 17 visit. He urged the veterans to defend the Constitution and become politically active. The vocational training for in-demand careers and the support services the college offers veterans impressed him. For information about veterans' services at CCCC, call Tracey Gross, Veterans Affairs Coordinator, at 919-718-7233 or email at tgross@cccc.edu.

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North Carolina State Sen. Ronald Rabin (center), a retired U.S. Army colonel, visited Central Carolina Community College's Lee County Campus Sept. 17 to see some of the vocational programs that veterans are enrolled in and to speak to the Veterans Club. Welcoming the senator to the campus were (from left) Dr. Stephen Athans, Dean of Vocational & Technical Programs and an Army veteran; CCCC President Dr. Bud Marchant; Tracey Gross, Veterans Affairs coordinator and an Army veteran; Sen. Rabin; Alex Bridges, Marine Corps veteran, president of the college's Veteran's Club, and a Mechanical Engineering student; Brian Lantz, Army veteran and CAD Technology student; and Ben Cole, lead engineering instructor, Veterans Club advisor and an Army veteran. For information about veterans' services at CCCC, call Tracey Gross, Veterans Affairs Coordinator, at 919-718-7233 or email at tgross@cccc.edu.