After the military: Finding a job, place in society not easy for vets

2017-11-11T07:24:19-06:00

WHIO TV7 - 11/11/2017 Barrie Barber - Imagine trying to find a job when your previous one was loading dangerous ammunition on aircraft. That’s the problem David Morse and other veterans face when they first leave the military. “It was quite difficult because there’s no real way to transition from loading munitions on an aircraft to anything else in the civilian world,” he said. “Nobody is looking to hire somebody loading munitions on an aircraft so I pretty much had to start from my high school diploma.” Morse completed a Transition Assistance Program in the military before he added the title of veteran when he left the Air Force.The program is supposed to help him and other departing service members make the transition to civilian life more informed about their benefits and better able to find a job after life in uniform. But Morse said he left confused after a dizzying array of information.Read more @ http://www.whio.com/news/after-the-mili ... M/amp.html

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After the military: Finding a job, place in society not easy for vets