Veteran Business

We will each at some point face challenging times where uncertainty and confusion are all we feel and vulnerability and courage are the only way forward. For Dan Holden, walking into a herd of 1,200-pound horses is never a neutral experience. It can certainly be intimidating but, as he discovered, it can also be healing and a profound spiritual experience. He was dropped into what he experienced as an ‘advanced alien civilization’ when he enrolled in a Coaching with Horses program. It was as if “…The horses called me”. The ‘call’ has altered his life. This book is a response to the call.

Written by 42-plus-year veteran Fire Chief Gary Ludwig and the foreword by Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder, this book provides 401 ways to help you become a better firefighter.

There is no shortage of consultants, coaches, gurus, and authors who regurgitate lists of leadership principles. The deficit lies in the number of qualified leaders willing to share the truth about what it takes to lead a great team year after year. Fortunately, military veteran John Berry is one of those qualified leaders. Drawing from his experience as an army platoon leader and the CEO of Berry Law, John Berry shows mission-focused teams how simple military leadership lessons apply to any organization.

Many of our nation's men and women exit the military without a clue of what to do next. Others pursue their passions, doing everything they can to break into the life they've always dreamed of. This book provides guidance on how to follow your passions, and includes interviews with military veterans who have gone on to creative careers.

This book will show you how to secure the Veterans' Preference eligibilities you have earned and rightly deserve. Whether you are about to be released from active duty, retired Military, or you have been out for a while, this book will help guide you through the Veterans' Preference eligibilities piece of the application process. This is information especially helpful if you separated from the Military a while ago.

Questions veterans and their families have asked since the beginning of time are here answered by vets who have been there and now have passed to the other side. With their new perspective they reach back to help their fellow soldiers heal and gain peace with thought provoking answers to some of the most-asked questions affecting veterans of today.

Attention all veterans! The military loved you, but how do you translate your experience into employable skills for the job market? You have personal qualities that are in demand by employers. Learn how to examine and phrase your experiences in the military into qualities and skills employers really want.

Gettysburg, Iwo Jima, Anzio, Guadalcanal, Omaha Beach, the Chosin Reservoir, Hamburger Hill. These places are woven into our national psyche because we all know someone who selflessly served their country in faraway places like these, defending the freedom we all share. Chicken Soup for the Veteran's Soul celebrates these extraordinary men and women who changed the course of history.

On September 11, 2001, a cadre of fanatics instigated what would turn into the longest war that the United States of America has ever endured: the “Global War on Terrorism”, now better known to generations of veterans as the “Forever War”. This world-wide conflagration had hopped from country to country in pursuit of a never-ending parade of adversaries. This book isn’t about the war itself; it’s about the people who served during it and came home to a bewildering rebuke from current and potential employers.