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The newest cohort of veterans — those who served in the U.S. armed forces since September 2001 — see considerably more connection between their military and civilian careers than earlier generations.<\/p>\n\n

About three-in-five (60.6%) of post-9\/11 veterans said their military experience applied “a lot” or “some” to their most recent civilian job, compared with 41.1% of all veterans, according to a 2010 survey conducted for the Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

\"veterans\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n

The same survey found that post-9\/11 veterans were more likely to say they felt “well” or “very well” prepared to enter the civilian job market when they left the service, versus 40.5% of all veterans. However, only about a third (34.1%) of veterans aged 18 to 30 said they felt well- or very well-prepared.<\/p>\n\n

Of the 21.23 million living U.S. veterans in 2012, about 2.75 million (12.9%) served at some point after September 2001,\u00a0according to Census Bureau estimates<\/a>.\u00a0The unemployment rate among those veterans was 10% last month<\/a>, versus 7% for the entire civilian noninstitutional population<\/a>, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n\n

The largest subgroup of veterans remains those who served during the Vietnam War: more than 7 million, accounting for nearly a third of all veterans. According to the VA survey, about 40% of Vietnam-era veterans felt their military skills applied to their most recent civilian jobs, about as many as said they felt well- or very well-prepared to enter the civilian job market.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Share of post-9\/11 veterans who say their military experience was relevant to their civilian 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