Jason's Story

Master Sergeant (E-8), Army

Career Transition

From

Master Sergeant (E-8)

Army

To

Physical Security & Defense Contracting

Success story from Jason, Master Sergeant (E-8) Army

Yes I obtain employment with a defense contract company.

JasonJuly 2026

Jason's Transition Story

Jason spent 22 years in Army intelligence. He came up running intelligence operations and leading the soldiers who carried them out. By the end he was a Master Sergeant.

Then he set his sights on the civilian side. A career built inside military intelligence does not translate itself onto a resume. The skills are real. The words are not the words a corporate hiring manager scans for.

So Jason went to work on it. He subscribed to Best Military Resume and tailored roughly eighteen different resumes over the course of a month. One for every role he chased. Physical security manager. Personnel security specialist. Security operations. Intelligence analyst. Each one rebuilt to match that specific posting.

Then it happened. He was hired. He got the job with a defense contractor.

Eighteen tailored resumes to get there. That is what it takes to turn two decades of intelligence work into a civilian job.

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