Military veterans find new purpose in civilian world with Honor Foundation program

Leaving the army and moving to civil life is a big shift – but for American heroes, there is one organization that helps the transition to make smoother.

The Honor (THF) Foundation helps veterans because they cross using the power of a network building – one cup of coffee at once.

Based in San Diego, California, the Foundation with veterans to help them find their purpose after leaving the armed forces.

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Foundation “Cups of coffee“The program then relies on the internal directory of mentor and Alumni to connect with those in the program.

Alex Moffitt of Springfield in Virginia was in US Army 10 years. She served as an artillery officer of the air defense, civilian civilian affairs, and then led a civilian tabernacle team.

“THF was a turning point,” Moffitt told Fox News Digital.

“It helped me think again and reconnect with a new purpose after I had a very clear professional purpose from the time I was 18 to 32, because entering the civilian world has a different” feeling “. It helped me build confidence to continue entrepreneurship.”

To date, there are about 3,700 Alumni programs, the foundation is said.

Moffitt has agreed many “cups of coffee” to make coffee, either with coffee, during an interview with zoom or at personal events, she said.

“Some of the most difficult conversations happened in these informal settings,” she said.

“One chat led to my first startup scholarship. “

Moffitt faced her own startup, Clara Copilot, but a platform that gives a cognitive advantage of organizations in the digital age, she said. She used another meeting of coffee to develop a marketing strategy.

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Damon Phillips, mentor, introduced the THF through a network relationship that highlighted his career in human capital management in federal career Defense space.

Phillips runs all federal programs for Eliassen Group, a national company for talents and professional services.

“I try to have at least three sessions a week with ex or current mentors, as well as any recommendations, he sent me a trip,” Phillips told Fox News Digital.

“This special sub -translated veterans lived life in ‘gray’ 20+ years in most cases. My role is [help] They become comfortable. “

“They are not the burden of their network – they just need to ask!”

Phillips added: “The key role of members of the THF is the construction of a digital brand and exploitation their huge network, Although they amplify that they are not the burden of their network – they just need to ask! “

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He emphasized that they should “understand and live by expression:” Your network is your net value. “

Moffitt said that military members can use THF to reconnect with their “why” outside the uniform to build an “effective path for the following”.

“Whether you turn around in technologyPolitics, venture or entrepreneurship, THF gives you space, mentoring and network to explore these options with the intention, “she said.

Moffitt said that some of her friends who did not have the opportunity to join ThF were more difficult to have time to turn to civil life.

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“This network construction is unpleasant at first, and its value is not always immediate,” Moffitt said.

“But the trust you create with these early conversations becomes the basis for future opportunities.”

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She added: ” armyWe rely on the trust and common experience for work. The civilian world is no different, you just have to put in representatives to build it in a new domain. “