Veterans often develop important skills that can be transfered to civilian life. Even the guy or gal out there in the thick of battle creates skills - skills of being resourceful, being alert, learning to take action when the options are unclear or uncertain and when fear starts to take over.
I was lucky during my Army stint during Viet Nam. I did not see battle; I did not even go to Viet Nam. Instead I went to Naval Justice School and then worked in California within the legal system. I was lucky.
My new skill I learned was to prepare a database of soldiers who were apprehended for going AWOL or for some other infraction. My database was a manual one; there were no personal computers in that time.
With just a bunch of 4 x 6 cards and a file box, I could enter information on every soldier - were they incarcerated or in pre-confinement? did they have their initial meeting with the defense attorney? were they able to view the documentation and charges against them? how many days of AWOL had they accumulated? how far along in the process of courts-martial were they? And so on.
This was my database and when Col. Jenkins called me to ask the status of a certain soldier, I could give him a detailed report in about 15 seconds.
I still use databases. In fact, in my freight broker training, I emphasize building databases of shippers and motor carriers. Believe me - these databases are a freight brokers' gold mine. Build them, nurture them and use them.
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