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Neither the department of the navy nor any other component of the department of defense has approved, endorsed, or authorized this blog., throwback thursday classic post – cv, military bio, and letter of intent templates.

Posted on May 21, 2020 Updated on May 20, 2020

Every nominative position requires you to submit a CV, military bio, and letter of intent (LOI), so I always have these documents ready. People are always e-mailing me and asking for templates, so here are some Word documents you can use as you see fit. I’ll also put them in the Useful Documents page .

For CVs there are many, many acceptable formats.  Here is my personal CV:

CAPT Schofer CV – 5 MAY 2020

Here is my military bio:

CAPT Schofer Military Bio – 5 MAY 2020

Here is an old LOI I’ve used:

CDR Schofer LOI

Here is a LOI template created by CDR Melissa Austin when she was an EA:

LOI Template

Here are the BUMED templates if you want a slightly different flavor:

CV Example – BUMED

Letter of Intent Example – BUMED

Military Biography Example – BUMED

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How to Write a Short Bio (With Examples for Military Transition)

by Keith Kappel | Sep 2, 2022 | Business Resources | 2 comments

Step 1: Check the Limitations  

Step 2: make a list  .

• Who Are You? This generally includes your name, and your relevant title/position. If your bio is for a start-up business, note that your day-job title may or may not be relevant to this question (though it might fit into one of the next two questions). 
• Are You Qualified? What qualifications do you have relevant to your title/position (or perhaps aspiring title/position)? This is a great place for relevant education and experience in the field, or even a related field. Relevance is the key word for this question. We aren’t trying to list every qualification and certificate you’ve earned in your lifetime, just the 1-3 most relevant to the audience of the bio. 
• What Makes You Different? This is a chance to show some personality and differentiate yourself from others in your field. It’s a great place to showcase hobbies, indirectly-related experiences (particularly military service if it’s not in one of the first two sections), your family, pets, or anything else that you want to be part of your personal branding as an individual. 
• Who Are You? Ryan Smith, CEO of EnTRIPreneur Airlines, Retired Veteran.   
• Qualifications? 22 years and 5,000 hours flying the C-130, Licensed/Certified Commercial Pilot (for single and multi-engine), Masters in Business Administration from Colorado State University  
• Differences? Loves travel, snorkeling, scuba diving, pizza, Denver Broncos  

Step 3: Trim To Relevant Data Points  

A note on military service : For some things you might get asked to do a bio for, it’s important to consider who else is going to be included. For instance, for a Bunker Labs project, every bio we feature probably belongs to a Veteran or military spouse. Because of this, we probably don’t want to just say “Veteran” or “retired Veteran” because it’s just too vague.  

Be specific  

• Who Are You? Ryan Smith, CEO of EnTRIPreneur Airlines, Retired Naval Aviator (24 years)
• Qualifications? Licensed/Certified Commercial Pilot (for single and multi-engine), Masters in Business Administration from Colorado State University
• Differences? Loves scuba diving, Denver Broncos  

Step 4: Making Sentences  

Important Note : Bios are always written in the third person, which means you use your own name, or he/she/they pronouns when referring to yourself as appropriate. The words “I” or “me” should never appear in a bio.   

• Who Are You? So, with the trimmed list I had in Step 2, I might try something like:  “A Retired Naval Aviator of 24 years, Ryan Smith is now the CEO of EnTRIPreneur Airlines, an executive travel service.”   
• Qualifications? And my second sentence might be something like:  “Ryan earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University, and maintains a Commercial Pilot’s License for single and multi-engine aircraft.”   
• Differences? My final sentence(s) might be:  “When Ryan isn’t cheering on his Denver Broncos, he’s mapping out his next scuba diving trip! His next stop is Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.”  

A note on adding humor: Some people want their bio to be funny. This goes wrong far more often than it goes right. Our best advice: avoid adding humor to your bio. 

Step 5: Final Checks  

More guidance  .

I understand that this should be written in the third person, but it sounds weird to me. What’s wrong with first person anyway?

Hey, Simone! There are a few reasons we write bios in third person, but there are some who feel a bio in first person is just fine, but (and this is key) it really depends on the context. Particularly, if your bio is the ONLY bio appearing wherever it’s appearing (probably the “about us” section of a website or on a social media page, then a 1st person bio is probably fine and more natural. However, as you can imagine, this is a relatively new use for a bio, and since grammar and writing rules tend to evolve much more slowly than technology, it’s taken a while for it to get formal recognition.

However, to answer your original question: 1.) Third person tends to be the most clear and the most neutral. It’s like reading an encyclopedia entry. It feels the most professional because its what we’re used to associating with professionals in the same way we think of a business suit as professional dress. These things can change over time, but it tends to change slowly.

2.) Writing in third person gives the impression someone wrote it ABOUT you rather than you writing it yourself (even though this is almost never the case). Imagine you’re in a bar, you’re watching a pool tournament on the television. A person in the bar sits next to you and says “I’m Megan and I’m the best pool shooter in the bar.” Someone else sits on the other side of you and says “Jill is the best pool shooter in the bar.” Which person are you more likely to believe? The person bragging about themselves, or the person evaluating someone else’s abilities? Most people discount the person bragging on themselves. It removes an air of perceived subjectivity and makes it feel more objective. Some people have an inherent rejection of anything they perceive as bragging. Third person lends authority to any accomplishments you list, and removes that stigma of bragging, because it sounds like a neutral party is listing them for you.

3.) Imagine you’re reading a book, and it’s written in 1st person, so you’re seeing the story through the main character’s eyes. I opened the door, I saw a woman standing behind a desk, etc. Now imagine if every single chapter, or even every few paragraphs, the main character changed between 3-4 different main characters. As a reader, you’d get confused which “I” you’re reading about now. When bios appear, they often appear in groups of multiple bios (such as in a Bunker Labs program guide or lookbook). This can create an awkward effect for the reader if they’re all written in first person.

I hope that helps!

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