While veterans are done with their time on the battlefield, a group called H.E.R.O. Child-Rescue Corps is training to combat a new enemy. The veterans from across the country who volunteered for this organization will spend three weeks learning how to identify child predators on the Internet. From there they will be taught computer forensics before they enter a year-long internship with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Once the veterans' training is complete, they will be able to take their education back to their home cities and perhaps pursue careers as police officers.
All of the veterans involved with H.E.R.O. Child-Rescue Corps are wounded warriors. Many of them had their service cut short due to a battlefield injury but are eager to continue serving their country.
Army veteran Jashua Cora told WDBJ 7 News, "If you can save lives it's like a second way to continue your service."
The veterans program is sponsored by the National Association to Protect Children, an organization dedicated to ending crimes against children and protecting children from any type of abuse. The NAPC has trained over 51 veterans to combat online crimes against children and raised nearly $2 million for their efforts.