Sentences with phrase «many civilians live»

For 21.2 million U.S. veterans, transitioning into civilian life can present challenges.

«I think we should demonstrate people who are entering civilian life from the military have extraordinary skills; leadership skills, integrity, unbelievable assets that we can apply to business.

While veteran entrepreneurs contribute $ 1.2 trillion to the economy annually, the transition from military service to civilian life can be fraught with challenges.

Ed Hall found the transition from service to civilian life unnerving.

Stonecipher was selected for the award for his work in helping veterans train as professional helicopter pilots as a way to transition to civilian life.

After the war with Ethiopia ended in 2000, Awate recalls hearing promises that many soldiers would be released back into civilian life.

Related: Back to Civilian Life, Veterans Try Franchises The track will include an eight - week cycle of two public Hangouts per week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, taught by IVMF founder and former U.S. Air Force officer Dr. Mike Haynie.

Over the last several years, Google has offered military veterans and their families several tools, such as the Veterans Job Bank, for finding jobs and transitioning to civilian life.

During the six years I was in the Marine Corps, I learned a lot of lessons that have served me well in many aspects of civilian life; but they have served me best in my endeavor to be a successful entrepreneur.

In my final position with the U.S. Army, my daily duties were mostly managerial and I seized the opportunity to prepare for my departure into civilian life.

While Parsons has thrived, he is the first to admit that transitioning to civilian life is not easy.

After all, he understands better than anyone how important resources are to veterans transitioning to civilian life: Parsons enlisted in the Marines at age 17, heading to Vietnam straight out of high school.

Go Daddy founder and Vietnam War veteran Bob Parsons is working to help veterans transition to civilian life through business and charity.

For many of them, the transition back to civilian life is a difficult one.

With over 25 % of veterans admitting to having suicidal thoughts, British Veteran's charity SSFA created a VR experience highlighting the struggle of isolation service men and women experience after they transition back to civilian life.

With Starbucks's growth and more than 1 million active duty members of the U.S. military transitioning to civilian life in the coming years, Starbucks sees the commitment as a strategic form of outreach to the military community.

Transitioning into civilian life, Ryan is making a career promoting startups that develop the powerful and specialized software he wishes he'd had as an intelligence officer in Iraq — programs that can map and visualize useful information like casualties from IEDs, the market price of flour at a local bazaar, or the tribal affiliations of local townspeople.

Military entrepreneurs are reaching out to fellow vets to make the return to civilian life a success, in both business and a broader sense.

Many military personnel making the transition to civilian life find themselves in a unfamiliar world.

It leads to a more collaborative and less hierarchical society, since a CEO in civilian life may end up taking orders from a taxi driver in the service, as well as future business partnerships.

In addition, Starbucks Veterans Cards will be available for purchase in select stores and on starbucks.com/card with $ 5 from every purchase donated to Transition 360 Alliance to help service members and their families transition to civilian life.

The store in Tucson, Arizona supports military and their families as they transition to civilian life, and creates an environment where veterans, reservists and military spouses feel welcome and recognized.

The AFN was founded in 2007 to bring partners who served in the military together to provide guidance for newly hired partners transitioning from military to civilian life and to create a veteran - friendly workforce.

Starbucks, which has hired 8,000 veterans and military spouses toward a goal of hiring 10,000 by the end of 2018, also partners with Team Rubicon, which deploys veterans to provide disaster relief; Blue Star Families, which addresses challenges to military families; and The Mission Continues, which empowers veterans adjusting to civilian life through community service.

These programs are designed to provide personalized and individual support to help target job searches and ease into civilian life with more ease.

Each year, over 200,000 military personnel re-enter civilian life.

In March 2014, the Schultz Family Foundation launched Onward Veterans, a national initiative that empowers Post-9 / 11 veterans and their families to successfully transition to civilian life.

Starbucks will donate $ 5 to the USO Transition 360 Alliance with every purchase, helping service members and their families transition to civilian life.

When Americans complete their military service, the USO is there to support the transition back to civilian life,» said Lisa Anastasi, USO Chief Development Officer.

Build a financial cushion before leaving the service to smooth your transition to civilian life.

USO Pathfinder is a free service for active - duty military to help transition into civilian life.

Together, we are dedicated to supporting service members and their families in their transition from military to civilian life, and to fostering a spirit of connection and understanding between the civilian and military communities.

Today, the 29 year old is in remission and building a successful civilian life and career with help from the USO Pathfinder program.

The store, which is near Davis - Monthan Air Force Base, supports military and their families as they transition to civilian life.

«As we honor our brave military men and women this coming Veterans Day, we should continue to extend special opportunities to transition to civilian life after their service is done,» said Mike Bidwell, CEO and President of The Dwyer Group and a U.S. military veteran.

As he settled back into civilian life, Geoff still experienced a burning rage whenever he caught sight of the Japanese flag and its red sun.

The military is quite different from civilian life, but we still have our freedoms.

Surely there are some links here (at a lower level, of course) to the trauma and desensitisation that war veterans commonly report when returning to their families and civilian life.

The principle of just intent (or «right reasons,» as Bush invoked it) has been degraded as U.S. actions have escalated from defense of Saudi Arabia and economic sanctions to a massive offensive deployment; to the initiation of history's most devastating air assault, which has severely disrupted civilian life; to the imprudent demand for unconditional surrender.

To return to the recent war in Lebanon: once a Muslim appreciates that a Christian partner in dialogue really cares about Muslim civilians who suffered in the attacks on their homes and on the infrastructure of civilian life, that Muslim can also appreciate the Christian's concern about Hezbollah's use of Katyusha rockets to target Israeli and Palestinian civilians in Haifa and Nazareth and other places in Galilee;

In war it's ususally plenty of innocent civilian life, sometimes way more than the soldiers doing the fighting.

We, as Christians, should not bowl to their Aiatolas, but as they do when exploding a bomb killing lots and lots of innocent civilians lives, let them try the same kind of death, without any warning, trial, judgment, etc..

Actually, most of them are out in civilian life, trying to function in society after their sacrifices of the self in the Mid East in wartime If we will make common cause with the enemy that put them in that state, I say we owe them their limbs back.

But what happens to the «Judeo - Christian tradition» when the Muslim constituencies get chaplains, or, in civilian life, when California's Senate chaplain is a Buddhist?

Becuase of the way I was raised, plus my time at the Air Force Academy, I formed a personal honor code that prevents me from lying, cheating, stealing and (this is the one modification I had to make once back in civilian life) am not judgemental towards others.

The Hustle For Heroes Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to eroding the challenges our veterans face as they transition back to civilian life.

Team RWB sponsors events and develops confidence - building programs that help veterans build relationships and a community, making the transition to civilian life a healthier one.

His eyes, which can give him a sleepy, Flip Wilson look in civilian life, enlarge afield and, like radar, miss nothing.

Funds raised by the nonprofit and through their events help equip wounded military veterans with much needed items and resources to assist them in returning to civilian life.

The only flaw in the Andrews basketball future is that the members of the team will eventually go back to civilian life.