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Mine was finding out no one cares about your time served even as experience.
Was indeed AUSA
Mine was finding out blatant elitism that’s shown to the officer class even in the corporate world. You never stop getting the short end of the stick if you went enlisted and weren’t a lifer.
Generally speaking, maybe this is true...but, there are two enlisted members running for vice president of the US this year, no officers...just saying
Hmm I can summarize this with a quote from Hemingway:
“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.”
This speaks to me deeply.
Preface, I did 23 active duty years. My hard truth was that my experience didn’t amount to what I thought I deserved. I ate a slice of humble pie and started over. My soft skills and how to deal with people has helped me leaps and bounds, but I could have never made it at the level I thought was owed to me post retirement. An open mind pays dividends in the civilian sector
Went through an excellent transition seminar as I was heading from active duty to the civilian sector. Stressed the criticality of networking. One speaker said that there would be civilian jobs that were project-based (ex: direct-charge) and client-focused that often entailed selling and winning new work. And there were "back office" jobs (General & Administrative) that typically didn't entail selling.
For those leading an account, prepare to be evaluated as a "rainmaker" in building a portfolio of revenue/profits and expanding the footprint. Military experience, culture, and work demands (ex: 100+ hour weeks while deployed) can be mysterious to certain civilian interviewers and hiring managers; there are some who think that those with 20+ years of military service are "lifers" who spent relatively little time in one position or geographic location, just stood back and gave orders, and don't necessarily have strong technical or people/interpersonal skills which translate seamlessly to the civilian sector.
One's specialty and subject matter expertise matter greatly when returning to civilian life. Some colleagues from my active duty days eventually decided to start their own businesses.
Biggest learning for me was breaking out of the hierarchy, and that military leadership is relatively easy (yes, it is) outside of a very very small number of sticky situations - and of course it's impossible to judge how the average civilian would get on with that because they're never exposed to it.
You'll miss those you worked with because many will not meet your expectations in the civilian world.