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- I'm Bradley Britt.

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I'm the program manager for the department

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of Transition Program here at AFW2.

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We have a great team.

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We have five EIT coordinators

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who work to help our
warriors, our caregivers,

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and their families to
help them explore avenues

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in employment, education, volunteer.

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We work really closely with
organizations like ACP.

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We also have virtual appointment
bootcamps with Deloitte,

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or we try to get the
training for the warriors,

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through mock interviews,
transferable skills.

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We're also looking at the resume

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or we work with wounded warrior project

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or just work on those resumes.

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We pretty much use every resource

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that we know that's out there

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to link it with that individual warrior

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or caregiver whose going to the program.

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In the past it's been a lot,

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it's been mostly focused

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on the employment side of the house,

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but we've really tried to
branch out into the education

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because a lot of warriors are getting out

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and they want to go and
seek higher education.

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So we're working with
Columbia University's,

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transition center to come
up with videos, education,

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their warriors caregivers school I geuse,

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they're considering in the
higher education programs,

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we're working with ACP,

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which is American Corporate Partners,

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which is a mentorship program,

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which focuses on providing
a mentor to a veteran,

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to somebody who's an unfortunate

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500 company most likely,

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and it gives them a resource into that,

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corporate side of the house,

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which we don't get when
we're in the military.

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So you have somebody who came

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like me but I'm interested
in maybe finance.

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They can give me that
individual to talk to

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Who's really gonna be able
to explain what they do

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and make those connections
with me in those fields.

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So that's the mentorship
side of the house.

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We also have services school,

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or we try to refer our warriors

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who are interested in education

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because it's a mentorship program.

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There's a lot of resources that we use,

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it kind of varies on individual preference

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what they're doing.

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Every plan is gonna be different

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because every warrior
situation's different

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or caregiver situation's different,

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but we're here to really talk to them,

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help them develop their
individual transition plan

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and work through that.

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The one thing that we do

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that I think is very important

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is help people try to change

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their trajectory when
they're leaving military.

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It's a scary time when you're
having that much change

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in that little period of time

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when you're leaving the military,

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especially if wounded or injured.

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So we're here really help them

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with all the resources that are out there.

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We're not a replacement for tap.

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We're not a replacement

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for their own family readiness center,

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but we're here to serve that specific need

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for that wounded worrier
population and their family,

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to make sure that they're utilizing

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all those great resources

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and that we can help them be successful

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with the transition.