Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Discharged military medics and corpsmen historically have not had well-defined avenues to use their skills within the civilian licensed healthcare sector, although the Defense Health Agency (DHA), the Veteran Administration (VA), as well as most states, face significant shortages of registered nurses (RNs). Highly trained military medics and corpsmen with health care and leadership skills are ideal candidates to become professional nurses. Innovative Veteran to Bachelor of Science (VBSN) programs are available and critically important to increasing the pool of diverse nursing applicants. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Faculty, with 2 successful university VBSN programs for over 10 years, retrospectively provide information about their medic and corpsmen students, presenting creative curricular strategies, unique challenges, and specific entry and exit data. For this Brief, university and faculty records, including student anecdotal remarks were reported. RESULTS: In 10 years, 348 medics have graduated with first-attempt NCLEX (91.5%) and overall NCLEX (99.7%) pass rates exceeding national levels. Approximately one-third of all graduates have completed or are pursing graduate education, as well as similar numbers have returned as commissioned officers in their respective nurse corps branches to further their military service, demonstrating a yield to an initial military investment. CONCLUSIONS: Valuable information from 2 universities with innovative civilian academic nursing programs for military medics and corpsmen, reveals the laudable amount of VBSN students' success to becoming RNs. Encouragement and guidance from military healthcare leadership is both needed and important when counseling medics and corpsmen seeking enrollment within these Veteran-specific nursing programs.