Veterans/Retirees, are you doing anything like what you did in the military?

Yes am still fixing generators as a contractor 14 yrs after retirement and have had my CDL since 15, and drive whenever am home for extended time

I was in Special Forces and did a lot of instructing to Iraqi soldiers and police on how to shoot. I am now retired and work at a shooting range trying to keep inexperienced shooters from having a.d. and hurting themselves or someone else. So, that is kind of similar.

Unfortunately, no. In the Army, I was a Chaplain's Assistant. Today, I work in Retail.

Nope. I went back to school and now work as a biomedical equipment technician. I fix medical equipment. I love my job and am thankful my job as a combat engineer didn’t easily translate to a civilian job. That forced me to go to school and I’m grateful now.

Still living the dream

Retired USN 27 years ago. Just returned last week from 3 weeks haze grey and underway in westpac.

My active duty MOS was electronics, and since I’ve left AD that’s nearly all I’ve done, minus a stint in law enforcement.
After a break in service, I’m in the Guard now, both my MOS and civilian job are electronics.
Actually hate electronics, but pays the bills...

Yup...22 years as an ET in the Navy and back at it as an ET in the Bureau of Prisons.

Nope. Dermatologist determined that I am allergic to the communications equipment. I think it's the nickel that was causing my finger tips to split open and bleed. Now I work for a sheriff's office in the jai.

Hi Margaret - I was a food safety officer in the Army (640A). After retiring, I worked at a couple of different jobs outside of my field, but soon discovered that there was a pretty good demand for my skill set in the private sector. I've been back in the food safety arena now for the past five years (retired in 2009 from active duty). If you are willing to work overseas, many MOS skills are in demand. I'm currently a General Manager for a food analysis laboratory in Kuwait, and have since acquired many new skills apart from my military specialty which will help expand opportunities to other areas.

Don't forget on your resume/CV to include the ancillary duties you performed as a Soldier, because they really do help to strengthen your resume. Besides the skill set we were trained on, most of us were leaders in one sort or another, we all had to administer programs, we've developed and given presentations, and most of us learned how to review and analyze regulatory documents. These are all skills that many civilian companies are looking for in a new recruit.

All the best from sunny Kuwait ;-)

Bobby K