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Laurie Buckhout: “The average army officer, or I think probably the average…”

Featuring: Laurie Buckhout, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House North Carolina, District 1

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Life After The Military - Laurie Moe Buckhout

Published | Video Starts at 08:56

… was a G3 and my boss at one point in the Pentagon, we were talking at one point about jobs and what I'm going to. And he goes, you know, The average army officer, or I think probably the average army person, after they retire, after retirement, career, they go through three jobs before they find the one they want. And that indeed is what happened with me. Right. So the second thing that I realized is going back to that resilience is I made mistakes in selecting where I went. (08:56–09:05)

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Asserts that retired army personnel typically go through three jobs before finding a suitable one.

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