Day 6

My group for the group project consists of J, Derek, Bruce, and myself. We are focusing our project on transitioning from military to civilian life. We intend to take a look at the steps necessary to make the transition as smooth as possible as well as ways to help military members (and their spouses/children) ease into civilian life/workforces. We are each going to take care of one main part of our presentation as well as contributing in whatever way possible to the research of the other participants. My primary focus in the project is to research the transition from the view of the military spouse and family and ways to ensure that the transition does not impede the success of the family members. I am planning to write about the different services available to family members that can help with planning for transitions to different workforces, schools, and relocation issues that affect the family members of service (wo)men who are leaving the military.

This evening, Bruce and I interviewed Mrs. Sherry Determan who worked with the Transition Assistance Program in the military support system for fifteen years and now works as a career services counselor at ECPI. She was full of insightful advice and information. I will use much of the information we got from her to write my part of the project.

We will be presenting our project on the last night of class, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Until then, we will be working individually with a meeting to pool our notes and ideas and practice the presentation.