Civilian Jobs that Sound So Wrong But Could Be So Right for Veterans Even though military job seekers long for security, staying loose at the first set of offers can allow you more time to learn...
Famous Veteran: Kris Kristofferson Country music legend and Army veteran Kris Kristofferson has a list of accomplishments so long, it might be faster to list...
32 Reasons Service Members Avoid Leaving the Military In the military, you must make your own ending appear. Even when you want it to happen, even when you are ready, ending your...
The Mysterious Bank Account Senior Enlisted Military Members Don’t Know They Have You are probably richer than you know. If you have served in the U.S. military long enough, you may have a secret bank...
Are You Wearing Your Rank in the Civilian Sector? You walk in, salute no one, and speak your old military language — in the civilian world, few really get it.
How to Avoid Underselling Yourself During a Job Search In a world where everyone seems loud and life is moving at warp speed, it’s easy to blend in and miss the opportunity to...
Famous Veteran: Bob Ross Bob Ross was probably the nicest person who ever lived, and it showed through in his work. Most of America knows him as the...
Government Jobs: Cracking the GS Code Federal job classification systems vary by agency, but the most widely used is the General Schedule (GS), which covers most...
Your Military Rank: What Does It Mean in the Civilian Workforce Not everyone you encounter will appreciate the commitment, work and sacrifice of military duty and why rank matters.
Tips for Interviewing for a Promotion Unlike your experience in the military, promotions in the private (civilian) sector can be unpredictable.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...