The military gives you an identity whether you want one or not: your rank, your uniform, your ribbon rack. When you take off the uniform, all of that disappears overnight.
In this episode of Security Clearance Insecurity on Federal News Network, Lindy Kyzer of ClearanceJobs talks with Army veteran Brian McGovern. McGovern spent nearly 12 years on active duty as a paralegal specialist and public affairs specialist, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and left the Army as a staff sergeant. He is the author of Who Am I Now: An NCO’s Guide to Life, Work, and Identity After Military Service, a book less about landing your first civilian job and more about figuring out who you are before you decide what you want to do.
Brian explains:
If you’re six months from getting out, Brian’s advice is simple: read chapter four.
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