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Hiring veterans is nice enterprise: USAA CEO

Editorial Board Published November 11, 2024
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USAA CEO Wayne Peacock discusses the transition from navy to civilian life and the talents veterans carry to the workforce.

This Veterans Day comes because the nation prepares for change, to usher in President-elect Donald Trump in January, however the message for many who served our nation stays unchanged.

“We’re asking folks at 11 a.m. ET on Veterans Day to reach out, whether you reach out by phone or reach out personally, and just connect with a veteran in your network. Building that community is so important,” USAA CEO Wayne Peacock advised FOX Enterprise. 

“We’re going to be supporting anyone who wants to help us and join ‘Face the Fight’ and match their donations dollar for dollar as we continue to build a great coalition and really make an impact on veterans’ suicide,” he added. Suicide charges amongst veterans are 57% p.c increased than the nationwide common.

USAA, the main monetary providers agency serving 13.5 million members of the U.S. navy and veterans, may even match as much as $1 million in November.

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One other method to assist veterans is to rent these women and men after their navy careers.  

“Less than 20% of folks who leave the military actually retire. So, they’re leaving, and then they’ve got a huge transition to make,” Peacock mentioned whereas encouraging company America to do extra.

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Veterans and others carry a big American flag whereas marching within the Veterans Day Parade in New York Metropolis on Nov. 11, 2016. (Spencer Platt/Getty Photographs)

“Veterans come with a sense of purpose. They come with hard work. They come with a desire to improve every day. They bring incredible leadership skills to the table. And you can teach them because they have been trained to be in a learning environment throughout their entire career. I think we’ve made a lot of progress. I think there is more work to be done,” he mentioned.  

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Peacock cited Dwelling Depot as one of many main firms hiring veterans with greater than 35,000, in line with the corporate. Dwelling Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, who died final week at age 95, has donated greater than $250 million by 2024 from his Marcus Basis to veterans’ causes, making him one of many largest single veteran donors. 

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Financial institution of America, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs, to call a couple of, have additionally devoted efforts to hiring veterans.

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks throughout an election evening occasion on Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Seashore, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Photographs)

Peacock, who spoke to FOX Enterprise earlier than the election, had this message for the incoming White Home administration.

“I think the message to the next administration would be to continue to invest in our great military and whether we’re investing in kind of our weaponry and the tools for the battle tomorrow or we are investing in our people,” he mentioned. “Then I would say that we have to take care of the people who have served, those who are serving today so that we cut some of the challenges, especially for our enlisted folks, the challenges of food insecurity, the challenges of child care, the challenges of housing, so that we make it easy for folks to be able to serve and defend our country” he added. 

The challenges going through many People, equivalent to inflation, rising housing and little one care prices, might be magnified for veterans.

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Homelessness amongst veterans is one other disaster that the federal government is coping with. Final month, the U.S. Division of Veterans Affairs introduced it had discovered housing for greater than 47,925 veterans. This was the most important variety of veterans housed in a single yr since 2019, the division famous.

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