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Why would Jamie reach out to me and ask a United States Marine to write a little something’ for British veterans, and how did this even come about? Similar to when I was awarded the Veteran of the Year for the California DAV this year, someone had come across what it is I do… and
We as soldiers experience and witness some crazy s**t in certain dark corners of this planet and some soldiers really have been to hell on earth.
When I personally left the Army in 2012, I felt like I had the right skill set and a sufficient set of qualifications to head in the right direction when entering the civilian world. I was under the illusion that civilian employers would recognise and credit the fact that I was once a section commander
Walking through the corridors of Barker Barracks, Paderborn in Germany, on a manhunt to find the final few relevant officers and Sergeant Majors in order to obtain their signatures upon my leaving documents. I was too naive to realise at the time that I would be getting more than just their signatures and it was
We as veterans have a set of unique skills and if we understand how to use these skills effectively in ‘civvy street’, we should be able to succeed in the ‘real world’. Unfortunately, most veterans, with myself included, tend to lose sight of their abilities.
