Field Notes 01: The Lie

We’ve been handed a story about the military-to-civilian transition... one that sounds clean, seamless, and inevitable. It rarely is. In this first Field Notes episode, we unpack the myth of the “perfect landing,” why so many capable veterans feel lost, and how expectation quietly turns into frustration. If your transition hasn’t gone according to plan, you’re not broken. You’re just operating inside a narrative that doesn’t match reality. A Rompus Media production. © 2026 Rompus LLC. All rights reserved.