Navy Veteran and GE Aerospace employee, Marissa Helton, talks about how Andy, her service dog, helps her navigate life after the military to help her overcome trauma.

Two GE Aerospace employees recently joined had the opportunity to participate in a KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling mission high above the skies of Indiana to Oklahoma with the combat-ready aircrew from 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana for a joint employer event.

GE Aviation’s partnership with Xavier University leads to national acclaim

It was a fitting tribute to Memorial Day, then, for nearly 100 GE volunteers to dedicate portions of their week cleaning and beautifying Hillcrest Cemetery near GE Aviation's global headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. About 1,400 U.S. military veterans spanning from the Civil War to the Vietnam War are buried at this cemetery. Roughly 95% of those represent African American veterans.

Steve Maynard, Randy Johnson, and Rob Liner all work for GE Aviation’s marine gas turbine business, which provides reliable turbine power aboard 631 naval ships in 39 navies around the world. But these three don’t just know each other from work—for a short period in the early 1990s, all three served aboard the former U.S. Navy Spruance-class destroyer, USS Fletcher (DD-992), which was powered by four GE LM2500 gas turbines.

In our next installment of Quick Six, The Bike Shop sat down with Gavin Roe, an international program director at GE Aviation in Cincinnati, Ohio.

We’ve all heard about traumatic brain injuries (TBI) caused by blast events. But battlefield injuries aren’t the reason for most military TBIs: The most common causes are motor vehicle crashes and falls.