Troops and civil servants assembled for the announcement of another overhaul of the system that is supposed to guide retiring soldiers, sailors and aircrew back into the civilian world. Minister of Veterans Affairs Seamus O'Regan told the audience that he can relate to the pain and confusion soldiers sometimes feel upon leaving the military because of his own emotions as he left an "extremely structured" job in TV journalism.
"As many of you know, I had very difficult transition leaving journalism, but more importantly, leaving what I had for 15 years in a broadcast medium that was extremely structured," he told an assembled audience of troops and civil servants.
"I know enough about the military that I would never, ever say that I have, you know, an idea of what it's like to go through a transition [from] serving to becoming a veteran," O'Regan said. "But I got a peek into that window,"
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