What Military trait do you think will help you be successful in your civilian career?

Funny story on this topic. I have a 4 year break in service, while I was a civilian again, I worked for a cell phone company in an in-bound call center. I was out on my breaking having a cigarette, and when I was done I put it out and put the butt in my pocket...one of the supervisors asked me why I did that (I was right next to the ashcan); here's why.

1995 in Ft. Riley I was a PV2 on fall clean up, and the post CSM walked up to me and asked what I was doing. I went to parade rest and told him I was on clean up detail. He asked me what I was doing as he was walking up, and I told him I was smoking a cigarette, and apologized for this-he stated no problem, smoking is fine, but what did I do with the cigarette butt...it was on the ground. He asked me to pick it up, I did, and then asked if I knew what a BN formation looked like; I answered yes. He then told me (my team chief had walked up by now) to make a BN formation in his office by COB out of cigarette butts...all 500 "Soldiers" strong. At COB I had finally managed, after hitting up every ash tray I could find, to make the formation, he was happy, and then stated he will see me again the next day...this went on for a month. Needless to say, there weren't many cigarette butts around the post.

When I finished relaying this, one of the guys I worked with actually picked up his cigarette butt and put it in the ash can...my job was done.

Attention to detail and being on time all the time.

Sad to say but I have many friends in HR who stay the number one reason they hire military veterans is they know they will show up to work.

Civilians apparently don't set the bar to high on some standards

That aside would have to agree with SMSgt Thomas that the AF Core Values will take you much further in life than you know....all you have to do it apply them.