I still have some friends who are active-duty and unfortunately, they're mostly taking advice from other people who are still active-duty and have no experience post-separation. It's like a time when I remember an NCO telling me how horrible the job market was. I asked how he knew, considering he was still in the military and hadn't applied for a job since he went into a recruiter's office. Ha!
Jokes aside, it'd be great if the AD folks had better guidance during the separation process. I was pretty fortunate to get a good case manager when I was medically separated. He told me to go back in and be evaluated by the VA every two years due to my issues. I bucked that advice, but I left at 40% and and bc I was finally talked into going back into the VA, I'm now 100% P&T.
Not sure what can be done other than just staying focused on educating our fellow warriors as we can. I've worked with many vets - counseling incarcerated vets, reviewing and editing resumes, advocacy, and so on. Just have to keep at it.