Call of Duty’s Veterans Day Feature Highlights Kyle Carpenter and Veteran Employment
The Call of Duty Endowment says it has helped place more than 180,000 veterans in high-quality careers since 2009.
Call of Duty used its Veterans Day feature to highlight the Endowment’s veteran-employment work and a personal tribute shaped by Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter.
The Call of Duty Endowment is a nonprofit that supports groups preparing veterans for civilian jobs and raises awareness of the value they bring to the workplace. Since 2009, it has helped place more than 180,000 veterans in high-quality careers.
Carpenter, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, spoke about surviving a grenade explosion in Afghanistan that left him critically injured. On episode 13 of The COD POD, he also discussed working with the Call of Duty development team on the C.O.D.E. Valor Pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and Call of Duty: Warzone. The pack includes 2 operator skins based on Carpenter and personalized in-game items. One patch reads “Don’t hide your scars,” a message tied to his recovery.
Dan Goldenberg, a retired Navy captain and the Endowment’s president, discussed the nonprofit’s mission in appearances with LA Times Studio and on TBPN’s Veterans Day episode. A Sports Byline USA interview also brought the Endowment’s work to a national sports-radio audience. The network reaches more than 2.5 million listeners nationally and is syndicated across 500 stations serving military personnel worldwide.
Which part of the Endowment’s year-round work would you like to hear more about? For more on the people and programs behind Call of Duty’s veteran support, stay connected on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.
