Alex Rodriguez
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TRANSITION BRIEFING · STATUS: OPEN

From Uniform to Your First Role in Tech In 90 Days

A free 12-minute briefing from a Marine Corps tank gunner who now works in AI security — the 90-day plan to land your first tech role without a degree and without starting over.

Tanks AI Security
USMC tank gunner · no degree
2 for 2
Both clients placed
90 Days
Kickoff to first offer
Why the transition fails

You Didn't Fail. You Were Handed a Resume Template and a Handshake.

TAP is not a transition plan. Three things stop almost everyone at the same wall — and none of them is that you're not good enough.

Nobody can read your resume

It reads like a service record. A civilian hiring manager can't map "coordinated transport assets for 300+ personnel" to anything on their req — so they skip it.

You have a certificate, not proof

Security+ is a filter, not a differentiator — everyone applying has it. It gets you past HR, and then nothing happens.

You have a portal, not a pipeline

Two hundred applications into the void. No relationship inside any company, and no idea which door you're competitive for.

“I was a tank gunner in the Marine Corps. Today I work in AI security. Nobody helped me get here — it took years of guessing.
— Alex Rodriguez · USMC Veteran · Data Protection & AI Security
Alex Rodriguez, Marine Corps veteran working in cybersecurity SUBJECT: A. RODRIGUEZ · USMC
Who's briefing you

He walked out of the same door you're about to.

Tank gunner in the Marine Corps. Zero tech experience, no degree, and nobody to ask. He broke in alone, the slow way — a call center managing Intune and MDM devices, then contract work, then his first real cybersecurity role as a SOC Analyst.

From there into consulting: client-facing vulnerability management, SIEM tuning, content development, QBRs and fulfillment. Today he works in data protection — DLP, data in motion, and AI security.

It took years of trial and error because he had no map and nobody in his corner. This briefing is the map he didn't have.

Hear it from them

Two Transitions. Both From Zero.

Not thirty-second clips with a caption over them. These are the full, unedited interviews — sit with them as long as you want.

Interview with Jaden, USMC Motor Transport to Network Specialist Jaden M. · USMC Motor T → Network Specialist13:46

Active-duty Marine NCO out of Motor Transport. Zero tech experience, a high school diploma, an active Secret clearance. He built an Active Directory homelab and a cloud honeypot, ran detection and triage in Defender and Sentinel, passed Security+ — all documented publicly on GitHub.

Now a Network Specialist on a military installation.

Interview with Merlin, help desk to SOC Analyst Merlin R. · Help Desk → SOC Analyst19:20

Already in tech, but stalled at help desk with no path to more money. What she needed was the angles, the proof, and a pipeline that put her in front of the right people.

Now a SOC Analyst fielding multiple offers, on track to clear $100K.

Income figure is forward-looking, not a promise. Individual results are not typical.

How this works

The Briefing Is Free. So Is the Next Step.

No mystery funnel. Here's exactly what happens when you enter your details:

Step 01 · Now

Get the briefing

Tell us where you are in your transition. You watch immediately on the next page, and we text you the link so you have it later.

Step 02 · ~12 min

Watch the plan

The full 90-day plan, straight. If it fits your timeline, you'll see the option to book a free 30-minute assessment.

Step 03 · Your call

Transition Assessment

Thirty minutes, 1-on-1. Alex maps your record and tells you which job angles are realistic. If it isn't a fit, he says so.

Before you ask

Fair Questions

Who is this actually for?+

Active duty inside 120 days of separation, and veterans still trying to break into tech. If you're further out or not military-connected, the plan still applies — but the briefing is built around reading a military record, so that's who gets the most out of it.

I don't have a degree. Does that matter?+

Alex doesn't have one either — he was a tank gunner. Jaden has a high school diploma and works as a Network Specialist. At this level, documented proof of work and a clearance carry more weight than a degree.

Is this a job guarantee?+

No — and be suspicious of anyone who offers one. This is the honest path and the exact steps. Your record, your timeline and your effort decide the rest.

Will I get spammed?+

No. You get the briefing link and, if you book an assessment, reminders for it. That's the deal.

AWAITING YOUR ACCESS REQUEST

You already have the clearance, the discipline and the work ethic.

What you don't have is the translation, the proof and the pipeline. Twelve minutes from now you'll know exactly how all three get built.