SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member 1260126 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Are there significant challenges for military medical personnel wishing to transition to civilian careers? If so, are they primarily educational or occupational (too many dissimilarities between military and civilian "equivalents.")? Can "career-pathing" assist in your transition? Career-pathing is simply pre-transitional admission into an educational path towards a civilian career? 2016-01-26T14:57:36-05:00 SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member 1260126

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Are there significant challenges for military medical personnel wishing to transition to civilian careers? If so, are they primarily educational or occupational (too many dissimilarities between military and civilian "equivalents.")? Can "career-pathing" assist in your transition? Career-pathing is simply pre-transitional admission into an educational path towards a civilian career?

2016-01-26T14:57:36-05:00 2016-01-26T14:57:36-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 1260283

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I the two pieces of advice that I can ever give any Soldier that is getting ready to get out via ETS or Retirement are the more education you have the better as it is something that they can never take away from you, and secondly after you get out take some time and find something that you truly love to do. You will be better at it and do it longer than if you just go for the highest paying job. These two pearls were given to me by my dad over an over again after he retired after 20 years in the USCG.

2016-01-26T16:08:38-05:00 2016-01-26T16:08:38-05:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1260402

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>On the enlisted side----all though the skill sets are usable in the civilian world ....there is no real equivalent for a 4N0 does in the AF.....there is no standard National Certification for medical technician.....in most places they can just hire anyone off the street and train them to the job specific for the location they are working in. EMT certification is great but it basically carries a minimum wage (if that) or volunteer status both of which will not really pay the rent unless you have a retirement to go with it. Not sure what, if anything can be done to help the para professional in the medical field but a path to state certifications for phlebotomy, surgical assistant, may be helpful....or even allowing a second Associates in CCAF for Medical Management would be helpful....the current CCAF degree is a great stepping stone to a nursing degree but not everyone who retires wants to go into nursing and they have probably been doing more medical management or logistical management for the last 5-10 years than they have patient care....just my two cents. Bottomline medical jobs for retired enlisted are few and far between unless you move forward with your education or are lucky and fall into something.

2016-01-26T16:53:53-05:00 2016-01-26T16:53:53-05:00 2016-01-26T14:57:36-05:00