Post-military Careers for Veterans

[Smilebong]

by IsaacFDavis

IT technician is just one post military job thats considered a top option 308x225Post military Careers for Veterans

When servicemembers leave their military careers behind, they often either retire, continue their education or apply for civilian employment. As military spending decreases and American troops return home from locations like Iraq and Afghanistan, many former soldiers will apply for veterans benefits and continue to seek employment. According to Shaun So’s recent Forbes article, available defense industry jobs – from weapons manufacturing to post-military defense careers – are likely to become scarce as the country tightens its fiscal belt. What will be the most veteran-suited industries as the country moves forward?

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My company has hired dozens of retired military. Thy don't need the DOD backgrouund check since they are already cleared. They end up being thebest employees. Their committment to excellence and their discipline makes them verry effective.

 

[High_Gravity]

I see, the biggest problem I think is the disconnest between Military/Veterans/Retirees and the civilian sector is widening, back before when we had a draft and almost everyone had served and had a stake in the game it wasn't like this, now hardly anyone has served or knows anything about the Military, so its becoming more difficult to connect the 2 sectors.

And the pure coprolite coming from some does not help much either.

That we are all morons who entered the military because we could not get jobs otherwise, that we are drug addled criminals and alcoholics, we have PTSD and take psychotropic drugs to keep us from going on killing sprees, and all that kind of crap.

Heck, we had a thread on that in here recently!

http://www.usmessageboard.com/military/348299-70-of-us-combat-vets-on-anti-psychiatric-drugs.html

An American Marine says as many as 40 percent of those who serve in the US military are under psychiatric care, adding that up to 70 percent of war veterans have been on anti-psychiatric drugs.

Gordon Duff, a senior editor at Veterans Today, made the remarks in a telephone interview with Press TV on Thursday, commenting on a Wednesday shooting rampage at a US military base in Texas.

Specialist Ivan Lopez, an Iraq war veteran, shot dead three people and injured at least sixteen others before turning his gun on himself at Fort Hood, the sprawling Army post in Texas. According to an initial investigation into the incident, the shooter was a mentally unstable person.

“The shooting at Fort Hood yesterday shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone. Nor should it have been a surprise that the individual that has been accused was under psychiatric care. Frankly, as many as 40 percent of those who serve America’s military are under psychiatric care. More than that, a much larger percentage of combat veterans, up to 70 percent, have been on anti-psychiatric drugs,” Duff said.

70% of US Combat Vets on Anti-Psychiatric Drugs: Gordon Duff | Veterans Today

With even a self-proclaimed "Veteran's Advocate" spreading crap like that around, what sane individual would hire us at all? If you listen to the news we are all basket cases walking around a heartbeat away from snapping and going on a shooting rampage.

And a lot of civilians actually believe that, that is what is most frightening to me.

Exactly, if more Americans served in the Military the disconnect between the private sector and the Military wouldn't be so wide, because of the low number of Americans serving and news like this floating around you are right who the hell would want to hire us? smh

 

[Mushroom]

My company has hired dozens of retired military. Thy don't need the DOD backgrouund check since they are already cleared. They end up being thebest employees. Their committment to excellence and their discipline makes them verry effective.

Defense contractors are pretty unique organizations however. They hire a lot of veterans, but mostly retired as you said.

For example, Northrop and Raytheon do hire veterans that worked on the PATRIOT system. However, unless you had been doing it for at least 10 years do not even think of applying for a job. Generally they will not even talk to somebody unless they are at least an E-7, officer or warrant officer.

 

[Smilebong]

My company has hired dozens of retired military. Thy don't need the DOD backgrouund check since they are already cleared. They end up being thebest employees. Their committment to excellence and their discipline makes them verry effective.

Defense contractors are pretty unique organizations however. They hire a lot of veterans, but mostly retired as you said.

For example, Northrop and Raytheon do hire veterans that worked on the PATRIOT system. However, unless you had been doing it for at least 10 years do not even think of applying for a job. Generally they will not even talk to somebody unless they are at least an E-7, officer or warrant officer.

We have hired pretty much anyone who is reliable, and most who have retired are that. It is not a huge number, around 400-450 people. But hey, its that many.