CIDER CORPS

Among the Vets Vices companies we’ve covered, it’s pretty common to see determined former warfighters turn their hobby into a business.

- Tom Marshall

We’re not sure we’ve seen one who has turned their therapy into a business. But that’s the genesis of Cider Corps, a two-man operation that has blossomed into the state of Arizona’s single largest dedicated cidery.

Jason Duren was a heavy equipment operator in the Marine Corps. While working a route clearance mission in Helmend Province, Afghanistan, he was caught in not one but two IED blasts that eventually led to an early medical retirement from the Marine Corps.