(BPT) - Key takeaways
- More than 8 million military Veterans work in the U.S. civilian workforce today.
- U.S. Army Veterans possess a unique skill set of adaptability, resilience, leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving ability that employers across industries seek out in their employees.
- Today, Army Veterans work at some of the world's top companies, including Amazon, UPS, PepsiCo, JP Morgan Chase, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte, GE, and Stryker.
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