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Morgan Stanley Resume Template for Veterans

A classic finance layout that turns military roles into business language, following the S-4 example Morgan Stanley's own recruiters use.

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Kevin O'Neal
Jersey City, NJ • kevin.oneal@email.com • (555) 010-2212 • linkedin.com/in/kevinoneal
Education
M.S., Supply Chain Management — Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management2025
B.S., Engineering and Management — Clarkson University2020
  • ROTC; GPA 3.4
Professional Summary

Army logistics officer who managed transportation, supply and scheduling for a 4,200-person organization. Makes quick decisions with incomplete information and turns complex plans into clear schedules. Targeting an Operations Project Manager role.

Professional Experience
Brigade Logistics Manager (Captain) — U.S. Army, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain DivisionMay 2022 – Present
Fort Drum, NY
  • Managed transportation, supply and maintenance planning for 4,200 people and 1,100 vehicles, with a $28M annual budget.
  • Planned a 2,000-person, 600-vehicle move by rail, road and air, including routes, departure times and a matrixed team of 40. Finished 2 days early with zero safety incidents.
  • Decided within 6 hours to reroute supplies after a bridge closure, keeping 100% of scheduled deliveries on time.
  • Built a shared tracker for 3,500 open supply requests, cutting average fulfillment time 30%.
Transportation Platoon Leader (First Lieutenant) — U.S. Army, 10th Mountain Division Sustainment BrigadeJun 2020 – Apr 2022
Fort Drum, NY
  • Led 38 drivers and mechanics who moved 9,000 tons of cargo over 250,000 miles without a reportable accident.
  • Put in a preventive-maintenance schedule that lifted fleet availability from 78% to 94%.
Skills

Project & operations:Project management, Scheduling, Vendor coordination, Process improvement

Tools:Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Smartsheet, Power BI

Certifications
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

What Morgan Stanley looks for

Morgan Stanley's guide for veterans says to work out your skills first, then tailor your résumé to show how military work carries over to financial services. A Morgan Stanley recruiter's example: a line like "S4, NCO Brigade Officer in charge of synchronization, logistics and personnel" should become something like managing transportation for up to 1,500 people, with routes and departure schedules. The skills its veteran employees name are decision-making, leadership, determination, organization and focus and discipline. The firm's five core values are do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back.

Bullet formula: Translate, then quantify: [a business-language verb] + [scope: people, dollars, routes, schedules] + [how you organized or decided] + [the result]. Leave out staff codes like "S4".

Do

  • Map your skills to what corporate recruiters look for (decision-making, leadership, determination, organization, focus and discipline), then tailor each role to them.
  • Rewrite staff titles into business terms that show scope, the way the firm's S-4 example does.
  • Learn finance terms and the everyday office tools. Morgan Stanley names Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
  • Research each firm's culture, and show how you put the team ahead of yourself.
  • Network widely. A Morgan Stanley veteran suggests having 25 conversations across companies and jobs.

Avoid

  • Don't list military staff codes or titles as they are. Recruiters say those lines need translating.
  • Don't undersell handling ambiguous, split-second decisions. Morgan Stanley veterans say many people do.
  • Don't aim only for roles that look like the military. The firm notes that operations suit new veterans, while flatter teams like risk need more adjustment.

Words from their postings

do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, give back, decision-making, leadership, organizational skills, focus and discipline, project management.

Veteran programs

  • Veterans Employee Network (VENG): Morgan Stanley's employee network for veterans, which also supports people leaving the military.
  • Financial Advisor Associate program: a national path into wealth management that Morgan Stanley highlights for veterans.
  • Financial Foundations Program for Veterans: free financial education, mostly taught by veteran Financial Advisors.

Where veterans land

Operations project manager, Risk management, Product control / finance, Financial Advisor Associate, Data & analytics, Investment banking (with an MBA)

Sources

Morgan Stanley: A veteran's guide to launching a career in financial servicesMorgan Stanley Careers: Jobs for military veterans

Guidance compiled from Morgan Stanley's public career pages, checked Sep 2026. MOS Roadmap is not affiliated with or endorsed by Morgan Stanley.

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