Bringing Our People Home

For many veterans, the shift to civilian life can be difficult. For Rob, it felt like coming home.

That sense of belonging inspired him to build something more: a new UK chapter of VERITAS, Northrop Grumman’s veteran employee resource group. The organization — whose full name is Veterans, Employees and Reservists Inspired to Act and Serve — now has more than 8,200 members with 38 chapters across 48 states. Rob’s is the first and only international chapter.

“There’s a deep, unshakeable bond between American and British service members,” he said. “Wherever I was serving in the world, if I looked to the left or the right, I would see not only the Union Flag but also the stars and stripes, every time."

His vision is to create a global network of veterans inside Northrop Grumman — something that mirrors the military culture so many veterans yearn for when they move to civilian life.

“The more difficult life is, the closer you form those connections,” Rob said. “In the harshest times during service, those are the people you can pick up a phone to one or 10 years later and it’s like no time has passed.”

That sense of home and belonging is what Rob believes everyone is looking for.

“You never know exactly what it might look like, but you know what it feels like,” he said. “For me, that’s what Northrop Grumman is. And I’m proud to say it’s part who I am.”