Posted on Aug 25, 2015
Veterans/Retirees, are you doing anything like what you did in the military?
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Yes, kind of. Just quit a contract. Was hired to do something, and not what the "client" had in mind. We all have specific skill sets that aren't necessarily transferable to the civilian world, so migrate to the contracting world. I didn't research and understand who I was supporting, and what the strategy was, won't make that mistake again.
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well my answer is no, was a 68wm6/38b in millitary, last 9 years i've been working in factory as material handler, i am a first responder but thats it, let my certifications and license go
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Trying! Unfortunately I was medically retired with only about two years of service which doesn't really translate well into the private sector (I was a satellite vehicle operator). But luckily the VA has the vocational rehabilitation program where I'm able to go back to school to get my degree in aerospace engineering so that I can keep going with the job I was trained to do.
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No. Was a FA Officer. Went into Business. Other than relationship understanding, had to start from scratch.
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"Thou shalt not spy on thy Fellow Americans" Nope. Actually what I did was called COMSEC for the most part and I don't think that field even exist anymore with the Integration of Coding/Crypto into the actual computer and no longer being separate entities the closest would be CyberSecurity. No I did stay in the Communications Field as a Contract Network Analyst for Sprint and later as an Employee Senior Network Operations Specialist for Sprint until the Tech Bubble Burst in 2002 and I have been doing Contract Private Security Since.
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Not hardly. I was a motor transport operator. Now I am a school psychologist. I drive a desk these days.
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NOT at all, NEVER did! The MOS though interesting, good, even enjoyable to a certain extent was totally USELESS in civilian life. Unless of course I move 2 thousand miles away from home and maybe, just maybe get a job in a related factory/industry. And that ONLY if I was interested in pursuing such a job in such an industry, which I never was.
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