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In 1974, a group of friends, inspired by the experiences of one who had returned from a Peace Corps assignment, embarked on a transformative mission, which led to the creation of WES. Their purpose was clear: To fill a critical void in the United States education landscape by offering credential evaluations to individuals with international credentials. Over the last 50 years, WES has become a leading social enterprise in the international education landscape, supporting the evolution, innovation, and growth of programs and policies that support the communities it serves. We are excited to see what the next 50 years will bring! Learn more about the foundation of WES and our growth over the last 50 years, here: https://ow.ly/4cay50Shca4 #WES50

Finally Somehow Home - Chapter 4.1 (excerpt) I thought the Marine Corps was trying to teach me about war. About how to be proficient in its conduct. But that’s not where the real lessons were - the lessons that set us apart from the rest. Not even close. What set us apart from the rest was not what we learned about war, but what we learned about ourselves. Yes, we had to know the technical aspects of operating at an elite level, but what made us elite was the lessons we learned for ourselves about ourselves in those grueling days. I remember when I was at dive school, I asked a friend how he could fin so fast (swimming with fins on). “If you want to be a faster finner, fin faster” was his answer. It’s not pain that gives you perseverance. The only way to learn it is to do it. Perseverance gives you perseverance. That’s it. There is not an easy way. The same is true of life. When it sucks. When you really don’t have what you need to keep going. When it really sucks bad deep as fuck and you have only two options: give the fuck up or take one more step…if you take that step, the next feeling you’ll have is more and worse pain. It’s that feeling where you ran out of the energy to complain a very long time ago. Where there’s no more jokes, there’s no more bitching about how much it sucks, there’s no more of anything but to keep going. At that point it’s only pure rage that you’re clinging to because that is the only tangible emotion that you can feel toward your tremendous and overwhelming and incessant and un-relieved pain. And you know it will not end soon. That feeling. That is the feeling of you becoming awesome. Becoming elite. That’s what it feels like to become elite. That’s what set us apart. You can only get it that way. That’s just how that shit works. READ THE REST AT: https://lnkd.in/gcgBaxJg #perseverance #elite #Marines #Recon #SpecialOperations #jasonleemorrison

Skills-based hiring and on the job training are a powerful duo. The results are evident in Maryland. Check out one of the many inspiring stories of individuals and employers in the SYO/MD Corps program. #apprenticeships #OJT #futureofwork

I find the Marine Corps Institute so fascinating as a bastion of the Progressive strain of U.S. history. Here's a page it featured in May 1942 in Leatherneck magazine. Note the bottom-left corner quote: "I'm not letting the Japs alter my study plans. I believe I can take care of both the Japs and Arithmetic." If you want to learn more about this period of USMC history, check out Mark Folse, PhD's great new work here: https://lnkd.in/enRCermi

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Preparing to transition from active duty and considering your post-military career? Let’s talk about becoming a Financial Advisor at First Command. Send me a message and we’ll schedule a time to connect.

Preparing to transition from active duty and considering your post-military career? Let’s talk about becoming a Financial Advisor at First Command. Send me a message and we’ll schedule a time to connect.

Preparing to transition from active duty and considering your post-military career? Let’s talk about becoming a Financial Advisor at First Command. Send me a message and we’ll schedule a time to connect.

Preparing to transition from active duty and considering your post-military career? Let’s talk about becoming a Financial Advisor at First Command. Send me a message and we’ll schedule a time to connect.