# Meet the Navy veteran connecting service academy grads with opportunities for life after the uniform

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/meet-the-navy-veteran-connecting-service-academy-grads-with-opportunities-for-life-after-the-uniform/
- Published: 2026-11-11T16:37:52+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T17:39:19+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/us-news/navy-veteran-launches-linkedin-like-platform-to-help-other-vets/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Navy veteran Cedric Williams built BlueMagnet to connect academy graduates with guidance.
- The platform has 770 members, including 90 mentors.
- The Naval Academy endorsed it in 2025.

## Summary

Cedric Williams II, a 2020 US Naval Academy graduate and Navy veteran, created BlueMagnet to help service academy graduates find guidance and professional connections as they move into civilian life. Launched in summer 2024, the platform aims to preserve some of the peer support and camaraderie graduates experience in the academies, which can fade after they leave the military.

Members share their goals and experience, then receive suggested connections to advisers and peers, both online and at events. Only graduates of the five service academies can join as users, while anyone interested in mentoring veterans can become an adviser. BlueMagnet has enrolled 770 people so far: 680 users and 90 mentors; the Naval Academy formally endorsed it in summer 2025, and Williams is discussing similar associations with the other four academies.

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