HONOR FOUNDATION

The Honor Foundation (THF) is a nonprofit that helps prepare the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) community to successfully transition to the civilian workplace, leveraging their leadership abilities and other learned skills from their SOF experiences.

THF’s mission is to take on the responsibility of filling the gap in military transition services and provide a best-in-class, high-value comprehensive transition program for members of the U.S. Special Operations Forces who have honorably served their country.

THF’s vision is to impact every transitioning service member from the U.S. Special Operations enterprise and be a catalyst for overhauling and innovating the entire Department of Defense (DOD) transition program. Just as SOF is the vanguard for testing and development for the conventional force, our goal is to provide the SOF population with a successful comprehensive training program.

Program Services Description:

The Honor Foundation program fills a critical gap in transition services for the most elite warriors in the U.S., those who have served honorably as the vanguard for our nation’s military. Despite being the absolute highest performing veterans transitioning out of military service, many have struggled through underemployment, unemployment, and unhappiness.

Over the length of the program, Fellows consider their strengths, priorities, and "why," they benefit from tailored and comprehensive executive education, 1:1 coaching, mentoring, and access to an exclusive professional network of nearly 5,000 executives across seven major industries of business.

Our sessions operate in 4 phases:
Phase 1: Fellows take an introspective look, working with professional coaches and mentors.
Phase 2: Fellows are taught to translate their professional work history for impact in the civilian sector.
Phase 3: Fellows target specific career interests, and experience different organizations and cultures first-hand.
Phase 4: Fellows become Alumni and our team continues to serve them as they may still be Active Duty post-graduation, transitioning from another job, or wanting to engage with other Fellows going through the program to create a community.

To make our goals happen THF has created an institution specifically designed to serve the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF). THF has been well-defined from the beginning. Every aspect of our program has been inspired by the way Special Operators work in the field. Our curriculum focuses on 28 key transitional readiness themes isolated through extensive research and feedback. It reflects the precise knowledge and experience a Special Operator needs to navigate any transition throughout his or her career.

Fellows are challenged to do the work of preparing for transition, putting in the hours, just as they would prepare for their next mission. THF explains that transition is a "team sport" and we guide them on how to build their transition team, and introduce them to potential members of the team who can support them beyond the 3-month program. We also give them tools and the training to deploy those tools to effectively marketing themselves and conduct a job search. Lastly, and arguably most importantly we guide them on how to build a network and offer access to individuals who have agreed to have meetings with fellows as they explore potential careers post-military service.

At THF, we focus on increasing Transition Readiness. We effectively accomplish this through three phases of education. Our three phases of education include a structured mix of additive and experiential learning, business simulations, and other professional enrichment methodologies.

The Honor Foundation is a designated 501(c)3 non-profit organization. In our short seven years, we have established three physical campuses in San Diego, CA; Virginia Beach, VA; & Wilmington, NC; with a fourth campus planned for Ft. Bragg, NC in 2021. THF also established a virtual campus in 2019 to service the U.S. Special Operations Forces community stationed anywhere around the globe.

THF has built a world-class transition program with 1:1 professional coaching for each Fellow and access to hundreds of c-suite executives who serve as mentors and advisors for our transitioning population.

We are proud to have graduated 1050 fellows from our full 3-month transition program, and we have served hundreds more through 1-day or 2-day seminars. After graduating, 95% of THF Fellows report they are "fulfilled" 90 days after leaving service.

We serve our Alumni with honor, for life.