Leaving the Army | Soldier to Civilian 

I got an MD after 11 years & found the civvie transition to be difficult, as that wasn’t what I wanted. As you said, the army gives you a “can do” attitude. Having been a team player, the thing I found really difficult to deal with as a civvie was the often encountered “minimum effort to get by” approach from many colleagues, that seem happy to let others take the strain on their behalf. I needed a change, so moved to Florida with my wife & daughter to buy a business. We’re still here 16 years later, & life is pretty good. Good luck with your future, I’m sure you’ll do well.

Congrats on your 6 years - I hope you’ve enjoyed it. Good luck in civilian life, just be happy with whatever you do!

Congratulations mate! I only discovered your channel toward the end of my time in the green, but I actually took a very similar journey to yourself - joined in my early 20s with the express goal of becoming an Infantry Platoon Commander, ended up having a sick time doing it, and then promptly left at the end of my service obligation to go and pursue the next adventure. It's great to see that there are others out there with a similar mentality who still fondly look back on their time in the service, and I definitely echo your encouragement for anyone thinking about it to throw their hat in the ring and join. Great videos mate, and best of luck on your future ventures!

I remember watching you on the AOSB video! Feel like I’ve seen your whole career. Best of luck mate. I am in the reserves now. Keep my hand in. Brave move. I re-trained as a solicitor. Don’t regret it.

A very mature decision I'm sure was hard to make, just having been an officer on your CV is an awesome thing to have, and like you I certainly loved it!

Thank you for your service. Enjoy next phase in your life. Happy Days mate. Have good one. 👍

Good to link with other Veterans, i left the Navy 9 years ago and to be fare have not settled..its tough! you've done a short time so transition might be easier for you, i hope it goes well! Enjoyed the Army stuff, all new stuff to me so good fun to see how the other forces work! Best wishes my friend...

Great content as usual. Continue to be in command of your destiny. Have loved your channel and content and your honedt delivery of the content. A big 👍from Melbourne, Straya.🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

All the best for the future, and please keep the great content coming!

Always good to see fellow soldiers giving info out to people it really helps them I joined the army at 16 as a junior soldier and I’m loving it

Absolutely love this video, love the insight into your background 👌 best of luck with the next venture

I’m due to sign off soon, I’ve been debating travelling for a while. Hearing you say just go for it is a great confidence booster that I’m doing the right thing

Your videos were massively helpful when both joining up and going through ITC. Now at Battalion and hit the ground running at my Rifleman's Cadre and hope to make my 20's also an experience to look back on. Best of luck and keep the content coming either way! 🤙🤙

There's many opportunities waiting for you, look forward to seeing the transition, its something i am trying to fight off now with a medical discharge. without risk there can be no reward, all the best boss :)

Good luck on leaving. I left after 23 years in 2014 having served in RAPTC. Was apprehensive after so long too leave but enjoy it now. Run my own gym in Germany where i settled.

World is your Oyster man! Hope the future is just as bright for you 🤝

I have watched a few of your videos and l am looking forward to keeping up to date with your time in the army and up to the time in leaving army. I like your honesty, you call a spade a spade 👍

Just come across your channel I have just lost my farther who served for twenty two years in the infantry eleven tours of Northern Ireland.i wish you all the best in civilian life .please keep these videos coming

Just watched this and there's an awful lot parallels between your path and the one I took. I used all of my "youth" from 17 to 24 and made the same decision to leave as I'd lost the passion for the role despite being born and bread in green. It was touch and go in the first 18 months where my own mental resilience was tested to the limit. Now - 20 years on (left in 02) things are peachy. Happy to discuss and advise.

I was part of your last course at ITC I did leave quite early and totally regretted doing so, I’m currently with my local reserve unit and working my way to be the first female in my unit to be fully trained. Thank you for all your advise while at ITC. Spruce

Fair one all the best in the next step in your life hopefully your RU-vid gets 100k at the end of the year

I completely relate to calling it quits after achieving what you set out to do. Life’s short and there’s no point living in autopilot. Best of luck pal

Looking forward to the new content and good luck with your future bro

I'm 16 and hoping to join the army when I'm 18. its been a dream of mine for years so going to use the year and 1/2 to get fit and mentally prepared. your videos are really encouraging mate and have been a great help so keep it up, and I look forward to seeing what the future holds for you, and myself. 😀

I personally didn't want you to leave but I respect it

All the best 🙏

Your civvie to soldier series was perfect timing for me because it was a couple weeks ahead of when I started training so I knew roughly what was coming which was great. Also I’m pretty sure you guys were in the block opposite my one I’m vimy barracks next to the parade square

Happy days mucker. Good luck 👍

Great video mate, best of luck to you 👍🏻

Love this

Cheers for the content mate, best of luck from the RA.

You’ll be missed. Best of luck

All the best, Sir!

All the very best 👍

As a SSgt.... It's a same we are losing you. Thank you for your service 👍👍

All the best pal 👍

im going to Harrogate in 3 weeks and your videos were always good to watch

I'd love to see what sort of work you do as a platoon commander 👍

Your civilian to soldier series massively helped me clam down and stop worrying about the unknown of joining the army as a royal engineer. I had no clue what it would be like at all but now I am medically discharged and plan to work in the MOD police as I still want to be in an active job. Best of luck to whatever job you plan to do later in life.

All the best in your future endeavours sir .. King 6 for life .. Baptiste 💪🏾😎

From civilian to solider to now soldier to civilian. How the turn tables. I wish you the best man. Hope the content in general will continue!

Good timing mate👍

I joined the Army as a JL at 16. Best thing I ever did. The skills I learned have stood me in good stead and the friends I made while serving are still friends today. You never totally fit in to civvy street again. You'll never be a civvy, instead you become a veteran, which is very different. You'll notice much more self interest and individualism in civvy street and less resilience amongst your civilian peers too, which I still find hard to come to terms with. Having said that, it's not all bad and the money is certainly better. I used all the skills I'd learned in the Army to go on to become a socio-cultural anthropologist. I wrote my thesis on how civilians are turned into soldiers and how their identity is changed in the process of militarisation. I now work in the corporate world teaching business leaders how to understand people and their behaviours using the knowledge I gained in the military and at Uni. Best of luck on your future endeavours. Certa Cito

I left in 2013 as a full screw, I did exactly the same as you travelled around a few countries for a bit came back got myself into IT Networks (CCNA/CCNP) was hardwork starting from scratch but I am now working as a consultant for large IT/ and Defence companies I wish you the best of luck and I am sure you'll smash it!

Shame you seem like a good officer to have around i would say have a plan but i didnt reLly and it worked just fine 👍 luck for the future 🙂

Good luck ☝️

I left the army at 26, started my own company at 27 and sold it last year @ 57. Good Luck, the only person who will ever hold you back is yourself....

Good luck for the future, was a pleasure to work with you 👍🏻

Thanks for these contents. Are you still in touch with the life long friends from the Army?

Any thoughts on maybe joining the reserves? Will get to keep up the fun stuff, help with the transition but would still mean you can keep up some army content!

We need good charity to resettle military types into civilian jobs. Military folk have lots to offer. Civvies do not know or understand what skill sets are at hand. They nod and grunt but do not truly understand. We need someone who can think outside the box to help veterans.

Not mad, just disappointed. All the best mate

You should stay in and make a career of it!

My name is Kristian, I was part of your Platoon, KINGS 1ITB at Catterick back in 2020, the platoon that started at the end of June 2020. I was also looking to join the Royal Anglians. I was one of the first to leave, along with Scottish Spruce etc because I just wasn’t ready. I did enjoy the time I was there for, and I did regret it a little after leaving in August I am looking to rejoin in the near future. That being said, I felt lucky to have met such an amazing officer like yourself and I’ve enjoyed watching the rest of what would’ve been my platoon make it through training and the rest of your journey thereafter. I can’t wait to get back into it I’m making sure I’m ready this time, good luck for the future!

As an ex- gym sales manager, it's not as if you haven't been a civvy. So you're making a well-considered decision. You're a natural leader and you have charisma, so no matter what you turn you hand to, you're going to succeed. That success will deliver happiness and fulfillment. Enjoy!

Good luck in “ the div “ It’s hard at first but gets easier. You have to work for a living , no real comradeship but you sound pretty switched on. Best wishes

THE WORLD IS FULL OF ADVENTURE AND AS LONG AS YOU FIT KEEP GOD FIRST AND THE WORLD IS SO EASY TO LIVE IN.THIS IS MY 20 YEARS IN THE ARMY AND ADVENTURE IS JUST ABOUT TO BEGIN FOR ME.MILITARY IS A GREAT BEGINNING AS ITS SURVIVAL TECHNIQUE WHICH IS GONNA MAKE YOU SURVIVE ANYWHERE ,AND ITS EASY IF YOU DONT HAVE ANY CHILDREN. . GOODLUCK MY BROTHER AND KEEP GOD FIRST.AND IF YOU DONT KNOW HIM YET TRY AND PUT HIM AS YOUR BEST THING IN LIFE AS ADVENTURE STARTS WITH HIM AND WILL END WITH HIM THROUGHOUT LIFE.TAKKE CARE MY BROTHER.

Bit of a late comment but great vid mate I’ve been in since May last year it’s been a rollercoaster lmao

Posted to Catterick and loves it. Posted to Cyprus and signs off. There's something wrong with you lad 🤣

Nice video cheers

Will be sad to see the armed forces content go, but good luck. As someone with zero armed forces experience, why can't you stay on as Platoon Commander? Also what was Breacon like?

8:10 - please do a colab with LiamBrown!

Enjoy resettlement and good luck out here in civvie street

Good luck with your future endeavours. I personally work within the close protection sector, and I'd say 80% are ex vets. Something to consider perhaps?

Great content as usual. I'm an Artillery Veteran. Joined in 1990 left in 2000, an old sweat. My son joined the Reme 3 years ago as a VM and is considering leaving. I'm trying to get him to stay in bur as we're fully aware it's not like it was when I was in. So any advice for a lance Jack(my son) to stay in? Cheers JP

My boys leaving 3 scotts in Oct so this should give me an insight to him leaving 👍

Go reserves and keep your toe in and share your experience

@djrxp I left the Irish military back in September, if you want advice on some of the intricacies of the transition to civvy again hmu

My last day in unit is next week and I can’t wait to plan my life without job comes first 😂

Oh no you were a great commander aswell boss

I'm always interested in joining the military but I struggle on fitness. And I want to be PTI but idk what regiment/corps or battalion to join in the British army can you help me....

It's always the case keen soldiers are leaving

Nice nice

Do keep the Reserves in mind! You'll find obviously you only have time for pure soldiering, none of the boring admin stuff etc!

I'm from the US, I have been watching the news, because of Putin's invasion. One after another, the both American and British. Sir, I haven't the clue how your video showed up in my feed but go forth and do good things, good luck with everything and God Save the Queen!

I had a cracking time as a platoon commander but as soon as I became a staff officer at brigade the job just became mundane. Enjoy resettlement mate.

My aim is british gurkha army.🇳🇵🇬🇧❤

I did 17 years in the guards .. it took me ages to settle into civvy life

Hey I really wanna join the army as a PARA but I have had history of self harm and one suicide attempt I am mentally fine now like I don’t have any suicideul thoughts but I’m afraid it will stop me

If you’d stayed in and became a Coy Comd you’ll have a bigger train set to play with

Something smells here Dan, someone crossed you? Captain in less than 4 years!! World at your feet. 🙊

Most ex-military go into security, border force or the prison service.

how clever do you have to be to become a platoon commander?

Become a world leader save all humanity will feel peace but these one sided job puts a person in one corner becoming narrow minded small hearted doesn't allow to go against evil & can't protect your own citizens forgetting about the creator who is owner of whole mankind not knowing what's the reality way of life

I am 14 and wanting to be a RMP am I able to do a course at the army college when I am 16 can anyone help me get the answer?

Many end up on the street.

Youll never be a Civi now, youll be a Vet, I did 12 years and you can usually tell a Vet a mile away just by the way they stand tall...Have fun

Why you running with a cap backwards

Can get you a job mate. Telecoms world. Full training provided. 4 day week.

Why I have love you and joining to meet you and you are leaving

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First thing first... How old are you?? Second.... Are you married?? All the best in your new life adventure!

Great to see you sever your minimum amount of time.. yet you try promote and plug the military for people to join

Hey mate, now that you are leaving the Army have you considered trying to branch out and contact other influencers? Granted a difficult but huge audience would be Joe Rogan. You have real world, recent experience that could be interesting on his podcast and you wouldn’t be tied to the various rules and regulations of the Army

They asked me as an exSAS trooper what are your qualifications and when I said killing people I did not get the job.

You will regret leaving. Maybe not straight away but you will at some point..

I'd have preferred an officer who'd served as a soldier or wasn't a uni buff. Every uni buff I had was a complete tool, all the other officers I had were like actual lads and I wanted to help and eventually work for. The uni buffs not once thought the soldiers could teach them anything which ended in them not being liked.

Why do you always lean in to the camera? It doesn’t help with that huge beak of yours too , don’t release anything in 3D.

Basically what happened was you were not good enough to become a company commander and you decided to quit and seek a career outside of the army rather than become a 50 year old silver haired captain in charge of a toilet paper resupply centre in some forlorn base up north. You should have realised in advance that you can be a complete dunce but if you come from the right family background you can make major general by the time you are 50 years old, the army is still the place for the privileged classes & not for the peasants.

Short term commission, taking, giving little, living on I was a commissioned officer. Yes is dependant but, short term commission give very very little, often the worst officers or. failures. No matter the opinion, if you only short term commission you can have no respect or commitment to your guys or?