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 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 […]
Written by COMMIT coach and founder of Great Transitions Strategies, LLC Gary Slyman. “This position is a great fit; I can’t wait to start.” “How do you know?” “From my research. I networked deep into the organization, was able to spend a day visiting, and even talked to alumni. In those meetings I focused on five […]
Written by Adam Briley, a COMMIT Fellow and MBA student at Duke University Fuqua School of Business. It was still dark outside when the alarm began to chime at 5:45 a.m. I had already been awake for at least half an hour, anticipating the day. I brewed a cup of coffee and opened the large […]
By COMMIT Coach and Friend Jason Roncoroni It took Odysseus 10 years to return home after the Trojan War. What stands out is that the time it normally takes to travel between his homeland in Ithaca and the battlefields of Troy is about a week – two tops. This ancient tale provides an important metaphor […]
Mike Wisecup retired in 2018 after 20 years as a Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Officer and moved to Maine to be close to his parents, start a new career and connect to a community. He immediately joined Colby College as VP for Strategic Initiatives and then as VP and Director of Athletics. He left Colby […]
Why is it so challenging for successful leaders to build a resume? It shouldn’t be hard. The recipe is quite simple. Skills. Knowledge. Experience. Boom . . . done. Use that document to polish your LinkedIn profile. Project qualifications. It’s a basic formula. It’s what you do to get hired. It is a methodology that […]
Veterans experience loss when leaving service. Could this be key to understanding their mental health? Army Major Kareem Terrell carries his military identity everywhere he goes. Even without the uniform, it’s evident in his posture, his composure under pressure, and the way he speaks — so much so that people notice. Recently, when his daughter’s […]
Shared by Jason Roncoroni: What I always find interesting about this challenge is the lack of investment from the military to help people leave. I know. It sounds counterintuitive. Just hear me out. We have an involved process to prepare men and women for deployment. In the army we called this the Soldier Readiness Processing […]
COMMIT conducted a Transition Mentoring Workshop in Washington, D.C. on February 11-12 hosted by Greenberg Traurig Law Firm. The workshop included 21 selected Fellows and 8 Mentors. This workshop also included our first event in conjunction with the Premier Lacrosse League. The group braved a winter weather advisory and 6-8” of snow to attend a […]
Written and shared by Jason Roncoroni Unconscious biases. We all have them. We don’t know we have them. That’s the point. They come from our upbringing. They are largely influenced by our culture. If you spent a lifetime in the military, you are attuned to a military view of the world. This shapes how you […]
Purpose-drive futures. Powered by you.
