Posted on Jun 28, 2018
Six Tips to Empower Your Military to Civilian Transition
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The military to civilian transition is a big step. Transition from your military career to your civilian career is a step everyone in the military takes and it is difficult for everyone. The difficulty resides in leaving a familiar culture, group of people, and an organization with defined interactions, skill sets, and missions for a wide-open list of possibilities in business, government, and education. To prepare to succeed in transition follow these six steps to have a successful transition from the military.
Six Tips to Empower Your Military to Civilian Transition
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I think purpose is the big one I struggle with right now. My wife said to take a couple of years off to help her get started in her career and to help me transition away from the military routine. I take care of the house and want to do so much more but can't seem to find myself. I've thought about other careers but tell myself I don't have any skills in those areas. I am my own road block. On the positive side I have been working with the Red Cross and trying to find my place there as a volunteer. Despite not being trained or schooled in certain areas I believe my military experience has provided me with some knowledge of various other fields that might help. Thanks for the share, helps keep me focused on what I need to do to improve.
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LTC Chad Storlie
Lance, I found myself missing the teaching, mentoring, and development of younger soldiers. That led me into teaching, doing a lot of mentoring at work, professional writing, volunteering on veterati to help others transition, etc. My greatest insight in purpose that the military provided incredible purpose from a single job / career track. That same purpose does not exist in the civilian world. In the civilian world, you have to find multiple purpose (s) to create that same sense of purpose that you (and I) found in the military. For me, being busier with lots of different things helped create the same sense of purpose from the military.
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I don't work anymore, but if I had to, I think I will miss the relationship with junior officers, 1SG, and the cadre of NCOs.
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