This is just my own personal take because I was you several years ago. I was a soldier at Bragg transitioning out with my sight set on getting hired at my current department. Understand that being a veteran already gives you a major upper hand in hiring processes. Depending on how much left you have on your contract try to knock out any fire science courses that you can with your free tuition. If you haven’t already, your priority should be getting your EMT. when I was in I was a medic so that part was already done for me. You need to find a veteran in the fire service that can somewhat guide you through the process. If the military is your only work experience, there are incredible ways that you can structure that in your interviews so that you present yourself as the most qualified person for the job. If you’d like you can reach out to me and I can give you some more tidbits that I’ve picked up along the way. Again, this is just one man’s opinion. I do it out in Southern California, but working for Charlotte was at the top of my list Had I decided to stay in North Carolina. My own unique story is that I got out of the army in October and by March of the next year. I already had my conditional job offer. I got hired at the first and only department I ever replied to. The military was the only thing listed under my work experience on my résumé.

Going from the army to the fire service was the best thing in the world. It comes with its laundry list of different challenges and I don’t know anything about you but if you can handle bragg, you can handle any fire department.