In 2010, I enlisted as a Machine Gunner in the Marine Corps with 1st Battalion 9th Marines. With 1/9, I was deployed twice to The Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2011 and 2013-14. After being honorably discharged in 2014, I worked as a Private Security Specialist, escorting American Ambassadors throughout Baghdad, Iraq. While working in Iraq, I began earning a BA in Criminal Justice and... Read More