Chad Cooperider's son, Corey, was deployed to Afghanistan in September, but thanks to his employers at the University of Illinois Springfield, he'll have a job when he comes back.
"You can't ask for anything more than that," Cooperider says. "Like I said, as someone who's been there, you can't ask for anything more than that. It's good to know that you don't have to worry about that stuff while you're gone.
Cooperider, a Navy reservist, says some of his fellow service members have lost their jobs when going overseas -- and thanks the Illinois Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve for stepping up and making sure that doesn't happen to Corey.
The ESGR has dubbed UIS a "Patriotic Employer" thanks to the public efforts of Corey's supervisors, Scott Fay and Keith McMath.
The honor was reported by WTAX-AM on November 16, 2012.
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