In the fall of 2004, Dave Closson was deployed to Iraq and this happened to be in the middle of his junior year of college. He returned home from the deployment and jumped right back into school. He thought to himself: “I can do this. At least here nobody will be shooting at me.” Turns out making the transition right back into civilian life and college was no easy task. He battled his way through it and graduated with both a bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
Now it is his turn to share lessons for success with our fellow veterans. He has researched, tested, failed, succeeded, and grown from the trials. He has selected the best of the best for this success planner.
Let his lessons set you up for success in college and life.
Dave is a national expert on college substance misuse prevention, law enforcement, and serving student veterans. He is the author of the Amazon Best Seller, “Motivational Interviewing for Campus Police.” Dave was named to the “Top 40 Under 40 Military Class of 2016” by Military Transition News. He is currently the owner of DJC Solutions LLC, a national training and consulting company. Training, speaking, and helping others is what he does best!
Dave is proud to have served in the Illinois Army National Guard and was deployed under Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was award two Army Commendation Medals, one for valor and one for meritorious service, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Air Assault Badge, National Defense Service Ribbon, Iraq Campaign Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.