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4 Tips for Transitioning From Military Public Affairs to the Civilian Sector

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With more than two decades of experience in public relations and military public affairs, Dr. Sweetser offers advice to those on the cusp of transitioning from military public affairs to the civilian sector. • In the civilian world, you’re competing with professionals who went to school for public relations.

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A Former Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Marine Corps on Why He Pursued His APR

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Marine Corps public affairs conference in New Orleans in 2011. I sat in the audience of roughly 200 Marine Corps public affairs officers and observed a debate on the value of sending them to a newly-formed, yearlong master’s degree program in communications, and if having the APR really added credibility.

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Advice From a 94-Year-Old Veteran of the Military and Public Affairs

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Air Force, where he spent most of his career in public affairs. Then, after his liberation from the Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp, he spent 41 years in public affairs. Perdue, is retired from the U.S. He flew aboard Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber planes in World War II. In honor of Veteran’s Day on Nov.

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Reflecting on a Long Military Career and the Rewards of PRSA Accreditation

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Army Public Affairs Officer (PAO). These include my first experience as a student at the Defense Information School (DINFOS), commander and PAO in Afghanistan, and candidate for the Accreditation in Public Relations + Military Communication ( APR+M ) credential. After completing Army basic training at Fort Sill, Okla.,

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Study: APR Credentials Boost Confidence and Ethics Counseling Engagement

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This increased confidence can be attributed to the rigorous training and education on ethics and law required to obtain these credentials. This highlights the positive impact that accreditation can have on the overall ethical climate within the public relations and communications profession.

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Insights Into the Role of Communicators at the U.S. Department of Defense

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Commissioned at the school Commandant’s request, these groups aimed to better understand any potential training gaps between the MCF course and real-world fleet and field expectations and requirements at duty stations worldwide. As with civilian PR, social media has assumed a dominant role in military public affairs.

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Train Your Brain to Apply “Longpath” Thinking

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“Transgenerational thinking, which is really transgenerational ethics, allows you to expand how you think about the bigger problems in the world and what role you can play in solving them,” says Wallach, former adjunct associate professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.