Tag Archives: Helmets to Home Improvement

With a desire to see the world and a mechanically inclined brain, James Kleinman joined the U.S. Navy in 1978. James served for six years working on submarines and the surface fleet as a nuclear-trained electrician’s mate second class. “The …

Launched earlier this year, the North American Hardware and Paint Association’s (NHPA) Helmets to Home Improvement program is dedicated to celebrating and recognizing industry veterans for their service to our country and their contributions to the independent home improvement channel. …

The Few, The Proud, The Marines. Taking it as more than just a tagline for this branch of the U.S. military, Cassie Cirisan lived out this slogan during her time serving in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1990 to 1998. …

When the time came to move from the military to working full time in his family’s hardware business, Sam Ransdell was excited to see how his military skills would transfer to his role as operations manager for the Burney True …

Dan Walton has one foot in the independent home improvement industry and one in the military but is fully dedicated to both. As a communications specialist for Do it Best, Dan also currently serves in the Indiana Air National Guard. …

Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA) has participated in the industry’s pinnacle hardware and home improvement event, the National Hardware Show (NHS). And, once again, NHPA is excited to bring engaging educational and networking programming to the 2025 event, held in …

Growing up in the family hardware business, Porters Building Centers Ace Hardware, Alex Porter was raised with a desire to help others. He took his passion for serving to the military and was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. …

Growing up fascinated by his grandfathers’ stories of military service, Taylor Cox leaned in early to a career in the military, attending West Point and serving in the U.S. Army from 2008 through 2016. “My one grandfather was a U.S. …