Valor Club

14/06/2021

Some updated news about Valor Club. This is from My San Antonio.com

https://www.mysanantonio.com/sa-inc/article/It-s-closer-now-than-it-ever-was-Planned-16233531.php

In the works for years, the project would be built on about 200 acres on San Antonio’s...

30/07/2020

**Transitioning Service Members and New Veterans**

Are you currently a transitioning service member or veteran who has separated within the past six months?

I am looking for critical volunteers to participate in a 10-12 minute anonymous survey examining the knowledge, motivation, and organizational influences affecting your individual experience.

This research will be utilized for my doctoral dissertation at the University of Southern California and attempts to better understand this unique population and provide more effective and innovative programs that support civilian reentry.

Please message me (privately) your name and email address on LinkedIn or at [email protected]. I expect to distribute the survey in the weeks ahead. Thank you so much. Semper fidelis!

07/07/2020

Los Angeles County current veteran population according to 2019 Census data - ~280,000

Of those 280,000 - we have 19,000 post 9/11 veterans living in our county. The majority of the rest are over the age of 70+. What does this mean to federal and state based programs? In a little over a decade we will have gone from the most populated veteran county in the nation to one of the smallest per capita! For those of us in the veteran support "space," why would we not talk about this in our long-term planning when it comes to building infrastructure? As a practitioner and strategist, we have to develop innovative programming that best serves these populations better over the long term.

I would love to hear your perspective view on this.

21/06/2020

Happy Father's Day to all those who have shaped us into what we are today. Thank you, dad!

16/06/2020

In your own words, what is the difference between a job and a career?

08/06/2020

Question of the day for transitioning service members and veterans: What has been the most difficult challenge for you (or your family) going back into the CIVDIV? (1) Accessing and obtaining mental health resources; (2) Accessing affordable housing; (3) Obtaining your earned VA benefits; (4) Finding and training for a career; or (5) Getting past the cultural competency issues that comes with living and working as a civilian?

08/06/2020

Often times, especially late at night, you will stumble across an introspective you failed to miss previously in your examination of a problem or challenge. As a practitioner, I am driven by creative thoughts in creating things of value and satisfying a social need…both timely and supported by the masses. And then it hit me!

Valor Club, USA is positioned to provide an innovative housing solution to our veterans by generating a comprehensive and individualized residential and training program for transitioning veterans. State and federal government programming will never achieve residential living and learning solutions despite almost unlimited resources. Housing is the linchpin of all supportive resources. VA is built for the masses, not the individual, and serves a purpose but position themselves on the opposite side of the spectrum of innovation. Our veterans don’t need old programming in new ways, they deserve innovative and more efficient solutions to support individual needs. Not that VA and other agencies have people less intelligent than innovative organizations, but in reality, these bureaucratic agencies fail to recruit and train multidisciplinary teams comprised of individuals who are “T-shaped” in terms of expertise: Deep in one area of expertise with shallow expertise in multiple areas of knowledge.

This T-shape provides “human factors” expertise (to determine the desirability of an innovative idea), “technical factors” expertise (to assess the technical feasibility of an innovative idea) and “business factors” expertise (to evaluate the business viability and profitability of an innovative idea) collectively is rarely present inside governmental cultures. The public-private partnership is the ONLY way to develop innovative programming to help our transitioning veterans rebrand themselves as culturally competent civilians (Dyer, Gregersen, & Christensen, 2011, p.188).

Be a part of something extraordinary for transitioning veterans!

www.valorclubusa.com

07/06/2020

It isn't that BLM is stating that their "Lives" matter more than any other racial class, but rather, that Black Lives Matter as much as every other "life." It makes the ASSUMPTION that ALL LIVES MATTER.

04/06/2020

Has COVID-19 disrupted your professional career plans? We can help.

03/06/2020

Looking for transitioning service members and veterans looking for a comprehensive living and learning community to train for new civilian careers and follow-on employment. Michael McDowell

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26/05/2020

What aspect of military transition has been/was the most challenging for you?