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This chapter uses thematic analysis (TA), described by Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke in Chapter 7 in this volume, to analyse the interview accounts of two men who had transitioned from the army to civilian life. Using the six phases of TA to structure the chapter, I demonstrate how I generated three themes from the data:(1)‘the superiority of army skills and values’;(2)‘“translation” as essential to success’; and (3)‘neither soldier nor civilian’. This example demonstrates the flexibility of TA as a method, its relative ease of use and the rich, textured descriptions of a data set that can be produced.