When military veteran Reginald Thompson speaks with active-duty service members who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs, they are often surprised to discover that they are employees in “one of the biggest franchises in the world.”
“Most people don’t look at the military like this, but … it’s a business,” he told WABE.
Nearly a decade ago, like many veterans after retirement, Thompson spent his first couple of months out of duty pondering what lay ahead in his next chapter.
U.S. Army veteran and Georgia resident Reginald Thompson served 32 years in the military. (Courtesy of Reginald Thompson)
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