Explore expert insights, real transformation stories, and practical tools designed to help you navigate transition, accelerate your growth, and thrive in your next chapter.
By JC Glick, CEO, The COMMIT Foundation – On the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, we should look backward. We should remember the nearly 3,000 lives taken that morning, the families forever changed, and the first responders who ran toward danger when every instinct told others to run away. We should remember the fear, […]
By Valen Welch, Executive Assistant, The COMMIT Foundation Eighty-four boxes. Eighty-four boxes filled with photos, room décor, keepsakes, and the occasional random fork or pillow that somehow always finds its way into the wrong box. The house echoes with the memories of the last three years: uncertainty, laughter, growth, and the beautiful chaos of family […]
By Maria Volodkevich – Director of Marketing & Communications, The COMMIT Foundation I was (and still am) absolutely terrified of heights. So naturally, I decided to try out for the U.S. Air Force Academy Parachute Team in 2014. Makes perfect sense, right? Not even a little. But I tried out anyway. Why? Because I’ve learned […]
Two Perspectives, One Pattern. When Michele joined The COMMIT Foundation in 2017, she didn’t expect to use her clinical background in the way she eventually would. Co-founder Anne Meree Craig brought her on for her skillset, but not for clinical treatment—a distinction that seemed puzzling at the time. Yet, after thousands of conversations with veterans […]
By Lindsay Cashin, SVP of Strategic Partnerships & Advancement, The COMMIT Foundation – Every year on June 12, we recognize Women Veterans Recognition Day and honor the generations of women who have served our nation with courage, commitment, and leadership. It is a day to celebrate military service, but it is also an opportunity to […]
By Adrianne Huls, Program Director & Spouse Program Coordinator, The COMMIT Foundation – When people talk about military transition, the focus almost always centers on the service member—what job they’ll take, how they’ll rediscover purpose, where they’ll land next. It’s a natural narrative. But it’s also incomplete. Because behind every transition is someone else navigating […]
By Maria Volodkevich, Director of Marketing & Communications, The COMMIT Foundation “Take your mark.” Beep. I dove into the pool for my final swim race at the U.S. Air Force Academy. After thirteen years of competitive swimming, I knew, deep down, it was time to walk away. From 4:30 a.m. wakeups at 12 years old…To […]
By Lindsay Cashin, SVP of Advancement & Strategic Partnerships at The COMMIT Foundation—April is the Month of the Military Child—a time to recognize a group that rarely asks for recognition, yet quietly carries more than most ever see. For my children, being a military child isn’t a chapter or a phase. It’s all they’ve ever […]
By Sommer Moon, COMMIT Executive Assistant – We often talk about military transition as if it only happens to the service member. But it changes everyone in the household—especially a partner or spouse. You’re moving through the same transition—but facing different challenges. The partnership has often undergone many smaller transitions over the course of its […]
By Kyle Johnston (COMMIT Fellow, Menlo Park Workshop 2025) When I decided to retire, I knew that I was retiring the sense of purpose that comes with putting on the uniform every morning. What we do matters, and when I put on my uniform for the last time next month, I know I will miss it. […]
Written by Adrianne Huls, Program Director & Spouse Program Coordinator – The COMMIT Foundation If you’ve ever spent a day fishing, you know that no two days on the water are ever the same. The wind shifts, the currents change, and the fish that were biting yesterday. They might be nowhere to be found today. […]
Written by JC Glick, COMMIT Chief Executive Officer. When veterans transition, the struggle often feels like fragmentation. You were once part of a tight-knit unit, with a clear role, purpose, and tribe. Then suddenly, it feels as though those parts have been pulled apart: the warrior self, the family self, the civilian self, the professional […]
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