At face value, I wanted to accept his view that we as veterans have this huge advantage over everybody else. But having been in the workforce for some time, having helped veterans find jobs, having talked with recruiters, and having reviewed more resumes for jobs than I can count, I’m left wondering if the veteran advantage is real?
ITB Three: Pfcs. Katie Gorz, Julia Carroll, Christina Fuentes Montenegro have become the first entry-level enlisted women to complete Marine Corps infantry training (2013).
When I hear arguments like "Women aren't (and haven't been, historically) in the infantry; that's why they shouldn't be allowed to be in the infantry" or "The infantry won't work with women in its ranks because women aren't in its ranks now and the infantry works" I'm left contemplating the mind bending circularity of such arguments; indeed, like all faulty arguments, these two, perhaps the most commonly seen, leave a lot left unsaid given that they're so circular.
All of this is being done, not because you, or I, or any other veteran hold some secret key to business success that all of these companies are trying to leverage us for, but because veterans and those in the military have become a pillar upon which companies can obtain great PR.
