"The in-between time when the paychecks run out, when the medical gets expensive and life hits them, I worry,"
"Build a pipeline where a Marine can go straight from the last day of active duty to your school,"
"Eliminate the barriers."
"That's the thing that I think is maybe the source of a downhill spiral towards negativity,"
Sergeant Major Carlos Ruiz urges federal agencies and civilian employers to begin recruiting Marines up to a year before separation to prevent a vulnerable gap after service. He cites partners such as the Secret Service, shipbuilding, and emergency responder industries and calls for pipelines that move Marines directly from their last day of active duty into training or employment. Approximately 200,000 service members leave active duty each year, about 14% of whom are Marines, and they attend the Transition Readiness Program. Oversight reports found a quarter of high-need troops never received required transition support and 70% did not start transition processes a year beforehand, increasing postservice vulnerability and mental-health risk.
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