Tips for Interviewing for a Promotion Unlike your experience in the military, promotions in the private (civilian) sector can be unpredictable.
How You Can Find a Purpose-Driven Job After Leaving the Military When it comes to the civilian job search, most prior military members focus on location, salary, job responsibilities, growth...
You Hate the Unwritten Rules of the Job Hunt, So I Wrote Them Out for You Unwritten rules of the job hunt can stop any military job hunter. We go right to the unwritten rules and strategies you need...
How Being Active Online Can Help Your Job Search During a Military Transition Can you refrain from having an online presence and still find a job and grow your career? Perhaps. But you're making it much...
5 Things to Know About the Person Interviewing You Whether it’s an interview for a new job or a promotion at your current company, the person interviewing you is a vital (and...
5 Tips to Give a Good Presentation at Work Unlike a briefing you may have given in the military -- the goal of which may have been simply facts and brevity -- giving a...
Should You Reach Out to Recruiters or Wait to Be Contacted? If you sit back and wait for recruiters to find you and reach out, you could be overlooked. On the other hand, if you pursue...
How to Job Hunt Without Tipping off Your Current Employer As employers and employees increasingly rely on LinkedIn to streamline job searching, networking and hiring, questions about...
DD214: What You Need to Know From healthcare to home loans, education to employment, nearly every veteran benefit starts with one document: Your DD214.
All Services Now Issue Form DD214-1 to Departing Reservists The military's reserve components now issue departing reservists a new record that summarizes their periods of active and...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...