Military transition into civilian life is fraught with uncertainty and sometimes confusion on the part of the veteran.  Leaving the relative "safety" of the military causes the veteran to enter a world where there almost too many choices.  Key advice to the veteran is that they need to be confident in their skills learned in the military and that they need to practice explaining to others their military background in civilian terms.  Getting hired in corporate America requires the Veteran and the civilian HR Manager to meet halfway - the veteran helps to translate his military experience into terms that the civilian world can understand and the HR Manager needs to make a solid attempt to learn what "being military" means.  Those veterans who have successfully made the transition have been able to help their companies by applying the leadership and maturity developed in the military to corporate problems affecting the corporate bottom-line.  Once veterans realize that they have practice breaking down problems into their small parts and then developing solutions that are feasible, acceptable and suitable, their self confidence in the civilian corporate structure tends to rise.