Anniston Army Depot welcomes first SkillBridge hire

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. – When then-Senior Airman Logan Wall arrived at Anniston Army Depot as a SkillBridge intern, he expected to gain experience that would help prepare him for life after the Air Force. He didn’t expect that experience to make him the first ANAD SkillBridge intern to be hired into a civilian position at the depot.

For Wall, the journey started with something surprisingly simple: discovering that Anniston Army Depot existed. The discovery was even more surprising since his hometown is just over an hour away from Anniston. “While I was researching the Department of War’s SkillBridge program and different locations, I was looking for Alabama in general. I wanted to come back because I’d been away for a while. Then I came across Anniston Army Depot,” he said.

Wall served in the U.S. Air Force as an air transportation specialist assigned to a contingency response support squadron. After 16 countries and seven years, he made his decision to separate from the service.

“I wanted a job that was structured like the military,” Wall said.

Wall landed in the ANAD’s Directorate of Emergency Services for his SkillBridge internship and ended up training as a security guard at the depot entrance.

According to Johnnie Whitehead, the deputy director of DES, the training Wall received prepared him for his current security role.

“When Anniston Army Depot was nominated as a SkillBridge location, we developed a training plan for personnel to transition into a security guard position. The training plan is applicable to anyone transitioning into security at ANAD,” said Whitehead.

For Wall, the training proved effective. After he separated from the Air Force, he applied for a DES position at ANAD, and soon found himself back at the gate, but this time in a different uniform.

“The internship was extremely helpful because it allowed me to basically jump right back into the job with experience and knowledge of what I will be doing. I felt very familiar once I returned and became used to everything every quickly,” Wall said.

Lt. Casey Hilderbrand, Wall’s supervisor, credits the program with finding the right people for the right jobs.

“I think the SkillBridge internship is a very valuable program to hire military personnel into civilian career fields to help improve and sustain dedicated professionals in the civilian workforce,” he said.

As the first SkillBridge participant at ANAD to transition into a civilian position at the depot, Wall’s story carries an added sense of meaning. The Alabama native finds the place where he began his transition from military service is also the place where he is beginning the next chapter of his career.

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