“I would encourage anyone listening, if you're transitioning or going to transition out at some point, you have to build a background that potential employers can mine for information of what you've done, that they can understand. And if you…

“Transitioning process is like drinking out of a fire hose. You don't fill up a bucket with a fire hose. You need to have droplets of information, to fill it up. And I feel like it was one of those things that I am definitely an advocate for…

“Suddenly, we were both thrown to the floor by a tremendous explosion. At that time, we'd been receiving indirect fire for, every day for about two or three weeks. So we were both under the assumption that indirect fire…had hit the bu…

“That's the cool thing about NPower, right. They help you get a job on top of giving you this free certification. They teach you how to write a resume, they teach you how to dress for a resume, they give you your interview skills, they give …

“And so that's the biggest hurdle, being proactive. The military is not going to be there, when you get out…Your last day, when you sign out, like that's it. They don't care about you anymore. You're just going to head out the base, o…

“I start thinking of the word, ‘American Dream.’ As for me, ‘American Dream,’ or even what we are doing right now, today, is only possible because our men and women decided to wear,…volunteered to wear that uni…

“With Army ROTC, you can get your degree in anything you want. So you can literally study anything you want…On the scholarship, it's fully paid for, either full tuition and fees or room and board, and you get to choose which one&helli…

“But you know, at that time, I was a very broken damaged kid, right. So it was understanding what I am and how I can improve it…I didn't want to live my life, blaming others for my misfortunes.” Although Naval Officer, Jai Sa…

“And for anybody who's ever deployed overseas, whether or not you're boots on ground or you're on a vessel, you're doing some pretty awesome stuff. So I just kind of thought to myself, ‘Man, this is probably my last time where I'm goin…

Think back to the time when you joined the military. That younger version of yourself, blindly walking into something you did not fully understand, but had ideas, expectations, and goals. Whether you were enlisted or an officer, in hindsight, there …