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Exciting News! Recently, I embarked on a new journey through the Coast Guard's SkillBridge program, designed to empower transitioning service members like myself with valuable skills for civilian careers. Thrilled to announce my placement at White Birch Armory in Dover, New Hampshire, a renowned establishment in the firearms industry. Over the next six months, I'll dive deep into business management, honing my skills with the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS). One of the incredible aspects of EOS is how it taps into the skills and mindset cultivated in the military. Traits like discipline, adaptability, and strategic thinking are seamlessly integrated into EOS, allowing veterans to leverage their unique strengths in the business world. Here's to embracing new challenges and seizing every opportunity for growth! #SkillBridge #NewBeginnings"

Discover the challenges and lessons of transitioning from military to civilian employment in this Q&A session with #Peraton. Together, let's explore the stories of resilience, adaptability, and success that define the journey from military life to fulfilling civilian careers. Mission Transition: Unlocking Your Next Career (https://lnkd.in/eFW6YzUB) #veteranshelpingveterans #veterantransition

Today our team, the Prismatic Unicorns, closed out the Project Mercury Innovators Forum Innovation Showcase alongside our Cohort-12 colleagues and defense community in front of a live audience of executives in professional military education, innovation leadership, and joint warfighting. We presented the operational problem set of the Pacific and the gaps and challenges with Agile Combat Employment, sensing far forward in the battlespace, and making meaning from that data quickly at echelon. Our mobile device enabled solution, called Echolink, provides *Redundancy and *Resiliency at an inexpensive, fast, and scalable *Rate, leveraging *Real existing technology against *Real problem sets. Extremely humbled to have our sponsor, 16th Air Force, join the showcase and issue some tough questions for us to defend the desirability, feasibility, and viability of the concept. Enlisting so many different experts and stakeholders throughout this 12+ week curriculum helped us address those concerns in confidence, even after a big pivot in week 6. I really hope we can transition this front-end innovation for back-end development and diffusion to the rest of the Joint Force and our Allies and Partners. To that last portion, and doing this journey with new-found friends across the Department of the Air Force, made this the most impactful professional military education #PME curriculum I have completed. It's learning strategy, creative problem solving, and entrepreneurship by doing the work firsthand as a practitioner. #militaryeducation Not just in a safe academic environment, but in the real world where you must put skin in the game, if nothing but reputational risk and unpaid time and energy. I learned that innovation is hard. It's inefficient and it takes discipline. You need to be intentional to find the hidden order and opportunity despite being in a complex environment, operating with ambiguous direction, and thinking divergently. Clausewitz would call this military genius. To see it through despite many quick, fast-learning failures, from interviews, to experiments, to sponsor pitches, you need persistence. Marine drill instructors would call this discipline and spirit - the hallmarks of a Marine.

It's not so obvious | You have to clearly define what you want in order to get what you're looking for out of your career. There are few better people to relate to than Alfredo 🤘 Torres and his examples leverage something we can all relate to: Music. Alfredo helps navigate you through the thought process that we all need to think through in order to get the careers that lead us to our pathway of living the American Dream - however you define that. VHV | Veterans Helping Veterans

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The Rifleman's Creed: A Relevant Blueprint for Success in the Civilian Sector As a profesional that has started transitioning from military service to the civilian workforce, I've discovered that the relevence of the principles embodied in the Rifleman's Creed extend far beyond the Corps. This creed, a cornerstone of the Marine Corps ethos, emphasizes discipline, responsibility, and unwavering commitment—values that are just as vital in the corporate world as they are in our organization. - Excellence in Every Task: “I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel.” The creed instills a pursuit of excellence and mastery over one's tools, akin to how professionals must master their skills and tools, whether they be software, financial models, or strategic frameworks. Striving for excellence in every task, no matter how small, sets a foundation for success and leadership. - Accountability and Responsibility: "My rifle and myself are defenders of my country" translates to a deep sense of accountability and responsibility in the workplace. Owning our roles, being accountable for our actions, and understanding the impact of our work on the team and the broader organization are critical for achieving goals and advancing missions. - Precision and Focus: Just as the creed states to make every shot count, in the civilian sector, precision and focus are key to achieving objectives efficiently and effectively. This mindset encourages meticulous planning, strategic thinking, and the discipline to stay focused on end goals, despite distractions or challenges. - Adaptability: The dynamic and often unpredictable nature of military engagements teaches us to adapt quickly to changing conditions. This adaptability is equally important in the business world, where market conditions, technology, and customer needs are constantly evolving, even social media. In summary, the Rifleman's Creed remains relevant and offers a powerful framework for professional excellence in the civilian sector. By embodying its principles of mastery, accountability, precision, and adaptability we can navigate our careers with the same honor, courage, and commitment that define the finest of the military tradition. #VeteranTransition #ProfessionalDevelopment #Leadership #Teamwork #adaptability #marinecorps

For years Blue Star Families and Hiring Our Heroes fielded research data about the challenges military spouses face when it comes to employment. Enter Craig Newmark, who said “hold my glasses because a nerd’s gotta do what a nerd’s gotta do.” Craig Newmark Philanthropies quick action helped make the 4+1 Commitment: The Formula for Military Spouse Success a possibility. This commitment, in partnership with the Department of Defense's Military Spouse Employment Partnership, alongside the White House's Executive Order 14100 and the READINESS Act WILL BE the change needed to move the needle on the 21% military spouse unemployment rate. https://lnkd.in/gsj9d9AT -->Missed the event? Watch this quick review of the 4+1 Commitment launch! You can learn more, #DoYourPart, AND sign on to changing outcomes for military families too by visiting https://bit.ly/3Grp2mq

This week's #CMOSpotlight feature is the EVP and the Global Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer for NAVY EXCHANGE SERVICE COMMAND (NEXCOM), Richard Honiball. In the interview, we talk about the importance of taking risks and failing, curiosity, and more! “My advice is to take the first several years and focus less on title and money, and more on what you're going to learn..." Check out the blog recap below for the full interview: https://lnkd.in/eRuQcvRn