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MILITARY
BOOKS
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John W. Phillips
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Lieutenant Colonel John W. Phillips, USA (ret.)
“has had a distinguished career in both
military and civilian service. He is a retired
U.S. Army Field Artillery officer and
Comptroller with 20+ years of service in Corps
Artillery, Division Artillery, Army
Headquarters and Forces Command. After retiring
from the military in 1999, LTC Phillips
immediately started a new career with The
Coca-Cola Company and, currently, is a
mid-level finance executive. In addition to his
position, he is also the founder and chairman
of The Coca-Cola Company annual Veterans Day
program and Co-founder and President of The
Coca-Cola Company Military Veterans Business
Resource Group.” LTC Phillips is the author of
Boots to Loafers: Finding Your New True
North, with contribution from human
resources executive and best-selling author,
Paul Falcone.” |
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According to the book description of
Boots to Loafers: Finding Your
New True North, “Every
military service member will
experience three phases as he moves
from a military career to a life
outside the gate: transition,
transformation, and integration. The
foundation of "Boots" is built upon
these three concepts. They provide the
structure for the advice and
guidelines I want to convey to you.
You may experience each of these to
different degrees depending on your
wishes, circumstances, goals, and
surrounding environment. These three
stages will vary from individual to
individual, and they will be shaped by
one’s attitude and inner strength as
well as his ability to manage the
hurdles of life.
From the first day you set foot into
boot camp, no matter what service you
have been in, until the final days of
predeployment training exercises or
redeployment, you are taught to always
pay attention to every detail in every
situation. Our military knows how to
turn you on and get you fired up for a
mission. Transitioning out of boots
will require the same focus on details
and the energy to get fired up for
your next mission, getting a job. |
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More
than a decade of war in God knows where
in the world and many of America’s
treasure, our young men and women, will
come home and be lost when it comes to
preparing for their next fight—finding a
job! Many will leave the military
voluntarily; more than 1.5 million will
leave in the next 5-years. Boots gives
them a helping hand, a guide, their new
field manual that I never had when I
retired from the US Army and entered
corporate America. Let me help them find
their new true north.” |
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