MILITARY TRANSITION AS A MATTER OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 51 worked in this type of setting before, and it would exclude all of those who had not. Or how about choosing a benefits plan? Anyone who has ever worked as a civilian has picked up some do's and don'ts about this over the course of his or her career. But a veteran has never had to do this and may not have the first clue as to what it all means. Therefore, as an HR or line manager, you can make a real difference by spending time on this topic during or after new-hire orientation training. An easy fix is to simply expand benefits discussions with military hires. I can easily imagine an exchange between a career service member and a civilian coworker. Let's say they are both new employees sitting side by side in orientation training. The veteran remarks, ``I keep hear- ing about sign-up for benefits programs. What's that all about?'' The civilian responds, ``Oh, you need to get it done before the end of this week.'' After a pause, the vet asks, ``Get what done?'' The colleague looks at her with amusement and says, ``What do you mean `get what