did your military training lead u to a good civilian job? [View all]

so, i have a burr under my saddle, planted there by my bro, a viet man vet and the dad of an army nurse.
here’s his story- u might have read 1 of my many posts about my nephew, an army lifer, jr rotc, an army scholarship to a masters, to a phd at the war college, a flag officer at fort campbell, won a congressional medal for bravery, who rose to be obama’s liaison to jsoc, to a asst sec def for jsoc.
when my nephew want to be an rn, he talked him into joining the army. he signed up for a 4 yr hitch, and was a surgical nurse at reed. it wasnt til he got home to cali that he found out that if he wanted his rn, he had to start at square 1. he couldnt even work as a emt.

the student loan lobby has fixed it. my brother made it a crusade, and changed the law in cali. the next cycle, the sponsor of the bill was targeted, defeated, and the bill was repealed.
there’s 2 things about this that make me fume- the 1st is that his lifer uncle did.not.know.this.
the 2nd is that my nephew was in the wh during this time. several members of the fam got private wh tours, including the west wing. i know obama was made aware of the problem, cuz my bro left a letter about it in obama’s medicine cabinet. he earned a visit from the ss for that.
i’ve talked to several state legislators, and none of them will touch this. few even know. this is a state by state issue. states issue civilian professional certs.

now, we have a dire need in this country for all kinds of things, nurses is the tip of the iceberg. and we have many unemployed vets. all that’s needed to fix this is to shut up the loan lobby.

so i’m curious about whether my peeps here have had this problem, or if they have been able to build a career on their military training, or if they’ve hit this same wall.

my friend, du’er kelly westlund, is working on affordable housing in wis. i dont know much about military structure, so i wonder what other types of training has civilian applications. the structure of such a bill shd b- this cmos is equivalent to this certification.
she’s someone who is aware of and pissed off about this issue. she was a candidate for congress herself, but lost.
i have her ear, she has a wide mandate, and i’m hoping y’all can give me some facts to take to her.
tia.