By Jermaine Kelly
In December 2000, I was just an 18-year-old kid from Bronx, New York, who wanted to experience more of the world, to stand on my own two feet and be like the soldiers I admired in movies.
That desire led me to spend 12 years serving in the United States Army and New Jersey Army National Guard. It was an experience I will never forget that shaped the person I am today.
After a deployment to Iraq in 2008, I started thinking about my post-military life and was worried that I would have trouble finding a good job. At that time, there were fewer resources available to support transitioning veterans than there are today, but I learned about Comcast through their partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s “Hiring Our Heroes” initiative. I was able to finish my

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