The "Going" Rate for Veterans

For federal agencies, the problem is no longer hiring veterans. It's convincing them to stay.

In the 2000s, veterans returning to the United States from military service in Iraq and Afghanistan faced bleak career prospects. In addition to a devastated national economy, they sometimes experienced discrimination from civilian employers, who worried whether issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder or physical injuries would affect their performance on the job. Another obstacle, which stub