Making the Transition Act II

Well here I go again, I am a year away from my end of service date and I'm preparing to transition out of the Marine Corps to the 1st Civ Div again. Last time it wasn't as smooth as I had hoped. I was in from 1998-2004 as an Infantryman. I had been promoted up to Cpl and had the score for Sergeant but chose to exit stage left. I returned from Iraq and immediately got out, no plan, nothing in place, just out.

I worked for the State Dept Diplomatic Security for a while, and worked...