How can you help civilian companies improve their relationship with the military and veterans?

SrA Zachary Bolling — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:39:08 -0500

Do you have advise for civilian companies on how to improve their relationship with the current and former military? This is a good platform for your suggestions.

Response by SFC James Baber made Feb 24 at 2014 11:41 AM

SFC James Baber — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:41:52 -0500

I am not sure this is a viable format for that as you may be creating some potential legal issue for naming a company in an open forum such as this that could result in litigation being created or filed as a result.

Response by SrA Zachary Bolling made Feb 24 at 2014 11:43 AM

SrA Zachary Bolling — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:43:00 -0500

Bank of America Flag Controversy Illustrates Dangers of Blind Obedience

Last week, a Bank of America branch in Gaffney, SC stirred up controversy by removing American flags from an adjacent sidewalk. The bank later returned the

Response by SPC Christopher Smith made Feb 24 at 2014 12:11 PM

SPC Christopher Smith — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:11:03 -0500

Liable, and defication are two terms that come to mind when reading this. Although anyone has the right to critise a business, they need to be careful in the words they use because it is possible to end up in court. Although popular sites like Yelp have helped better customer service at businesses from searching what people have said, it has also been the catalyst for some, usually smaller businesses to start a court case against a person because they crossed certain lines.

Response by SSG Trevor S. made Apr 12 at 2014 4:04 PM

SSG Trevor S. — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 16:04:34 -0400

Hire a military human resources liaison. This will help in the hiring process, as well as help to educate civilian employees on specific military issues. If you take the approach that both sectors can learn from the other everyone turns out better and more efficient.

Response by PO2 Rocky Kleeger made Apr 13 at 2014 1:31 PM

PO2 Rocky Kleeger — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:31:06 -0400

The VA has a website dedicated to putting military job skills into civilian terms. That is a good start. The biggest problem I see is that most civilians see us veterans as what the media portrays us to be. To quote Diane Feinstein, "All veterans are mentally ill". There's more to that quote but it will get off the subject of this topic. So, another way would be to come up with a way that the media, not to mention some of the very people that run this country, to change their views of us