With the Iraq War officially over and the Army downsizing in the face of defense budget pressure, more troops will be making the transition back to civilian life — a potentially challenging prospect given the state of the economy.
But for those who want to stay in uniform, there may be a new option emerging — just not an American one. Australia has put out the “Help Wanted” sign for foreign national veterans.
“We are looking for serving or ex-serving foreign military personnel, who can directly transfer their job and life skills to whichever Service they join, with limited training and preparation,” the Australian Defence Force has announced on its website.
Jobs to be filled include special forces types, intelligence officers and submariners, according to the announcement, but the separate recruitment pages for each service branch show that the Aussies will consider veterans with a broad range of military experience.
As the U.S. tightens its defense belt slightly over the next year, the Army and Marine Corps will cut end strength by thousands of men and women. The Army expects to lose about 7,400 Soldiers by October, to reach an end strength of 562,000.
Veterans Do You Want To Work In Australia And Stay In Uniform?
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This is a very interesting proposition. I believe that many able-bodied veterans would definitely consider this. There is an abysmal number of veterans that actually use their G.I. Bill and go straight into job seeking. If I wasn’t married and partially disabled, I would definitely try this out.
Many armed forces personnel would love to travel to places that aren’t a desert, they kind of get the idea while they’re enlisting that they will travel the world, and it usually just means to a few different U.S. states for training, then a permanent station that they deploy from for their enlistment, and then they get to the end of their contract and get out if they are injured or not satisfied with their outlook over the next 16+ years towards their retirement.
Not only would this be a great personal experience, it would be quite the one-upper if a veteran would like to go into state or federal government on the security side (police force/FBI/Etc.) since it looks like it doesn’t look like there are more requirements beyond, say, an honorable discharge from the U.S. armed forces.
Good for them, it is good to see the training will pay off in multiple ways for our veterans.
Semper Fidelis,
Brandon
If I hadn’t retired disabled, I’d take that offer.