Veterans' Transition Review: Second Follow-up Report: November 2016
Summary: This 2016 report follows-up on the original, The Veteran's Transition Review, published in 2014. As per the annual updates, this report and provides an update on the progress that has been made towards implementing the report's recommendations. This report has been compiled by my team based on discussions with many of those involved in this field, and by examining their public documents. I have also reviewed data from the regular surveys conducted among Service Leavers by the Career Transition Partnership, comparing the findings with similar research conducted before the Veterans’ Transition Review; commissioned longer interviews with 73 personnel who have discharged since mid 2015; and repeated the poll of the general public to see whether and how perceptions had shifted since my Armed Forces & Society research in 2012.
The Understanding the Transition from Military to Civilian Life report (2025) identifies areas within Defence where in-career transition preparation could be strengthened to help …