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Become a guide

You remember the first year. Someone needs that.

If you're two to four years past your own transition, you know things nobody wrote down. Share them with someone a few steps behind you.

Illustrative image: three men talking and laughing outdoors at sunset
Illustrative image. Not our guides. Photograph: Helena Lopes.

What a guide does

Three things. That's the job.

Show up

Come to our dinners. Some guides speak for a few minutes on one topic: your VA claim, your job search, your move.

Tell the truth

What worked, what didn't, what you'd do again. Your story is the useful part.

Stay in reach

Guide two or three people at a time. The Roadmap Tool holds the forms and dates, so you don't have to.

The commitment

A set tour, not an open-ended promise.

Heavy: first 1–3 months

Onboarding and building their roadmap together. A weekly meeting and a running chat.

Light: until 90 days after they're out

Check-ins as they hit each step. The roadmap sends the reminders.

Hand-off

The network and the roadmap carry it from there. You stay a friendly contact, not an obligation.

Is this you?

A good fit, plainly.

  • You separated two to four years ago. Recent enough to remember, far enough to see clearly.
  • You don't need a title. No rank, degree or certificate is the qualification.
  • You're not selling anything. Guides aren't recruiters, counselors or salespeople.
  • You can give about an hour a week. More at the start, less as they settle in.
  • You get the tools too. Full use of the Roadmap Tool, including a second look at your own VA claim.

Recruiting our first 12 guides

Be one of our founding guides.

We'll have a short conversation about your transition and see if it's a fit. Founding guides help shape the program and speak at our first dinner.