By Andrew Soergel
Holly Mosack intended to go into the Army Reserve once she graduated from Northwestern University in 1997. A Reserve Officersâ Training Corps scholarship helped pay Mosackâs way through college, but a three-week stint at the U.S. Army Airborne School between her junior and senior years changed her course.
âWhile it was only three weeks, thatâs just where I fell in love with the Army and the people,â says Mosack, who after her senior year was commissioned as an officer in the Army. âJust being around the soldiers is what I love.â
Fast-forward to 2004. Mosack had just concluded a seven-year military career and was in the process of what many veterans describe as the daunting transition into the civilian labor force.
âThat transition was very difficult. My life was the military. The people I knew were the military,â Mosack says. âWhile I knew I had some credentials â I went to Northwestern, a great school â I didnât have the confidence. What can I do in this civilian world? I got this degree in journalism several years ago. I donât think I want to go into that. What am I going to do?â
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