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Meet Samuel Helms.

Age: 46

Year and major: Sophomore/Management

Hometown: Jacksonville

Branch/Rank: U.S. Navy, MM1/SS (Ret).

Service: Completed 20 years, with service on USS Scamp (SSN-588), USS Seahorse (SSN-669), USS Wyoming (SSBN-742 Gold) and USS …

Meet Melissa Jackson.

Age: 26

Year and major: Sophomore/Nursing

Hometown: Born in Memphis, Tenn., raised in Jacksonville.

Branch/Rank: U.S. Navy/E4/Petty Officer 3rd Class

Service: 4 years in service: 3 active-duty, currently an active reservist. Stationed …

Meet Eric Lee.

Age: 27

Year and major: Senior/Finance

Homestate: Louisiana

Branch/Rank: U.S. Navy/E-5

Service: 5 years, Counter Narcotics (South America), Med Cruise, Baltic Cruise, and IA (Individual Augmentee) Tour to Guantanamo Bay.

What are …

Meet Lissette Matos Minehart.

Age:  29

Year and major: Senior/Spanish

Hometown: Jacksonville

Branch/Rank: U.S. Army/Sergeant

Service: 3 tours (Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait) 7 years active, 4 years reserve

Tell us about your service experience. You …

Meet Matthew Parrish.

Age: 30

Year and major: Junior/Psychology

Hometown: Baton Rouge, La

Branch/Rank: U.S. Army/Specialist

Service: 3 years, 6 months; 2 tours of duty Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 1 2003 Invasion; …

Meet Norberto Perez.

Age: 27

Year and major: Junior/History

Hometown: Fayetteville, N.C.

Branch/Rank: Army/SSG

Service: 7 years, Afghanistan (07-08), Korea (09-10)

Tell us about your service experience. While serving overseas both in combat and …

Meet Adam Ryan Shramek.

Age: 28

Year and major: Senior/Political Science

Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

Branch/Rank: U.S. Navy, Officer Candidate (STA-21)

Service: 10 years of service. I joined the Navy in the Delayed Entry Program in …

Meet Brandon Sugar.

Age: 27

Year and major: Sophomore/Psychology

Hometown: Jacksonville

Branch/Rank: U.S. Army/Sergeant

Service: 6 years, tours in Afghanistan and Iraq

Tell us about your service experience. While serving in Afghanistan, I saw …

Meet Nicholas Stilwell.

Age: 26

Year and major: Freshman/Accounting

Hometown: Jacksonville

Branch/Rank: U.S. Army/Specialist

Tell us about your service experience. I was in for seven years and I did one tour in Iraq at the …

Meet Sarah Templeman.

Age: 28

Year and major: Junior/Nursing

Hometown: Jacksonville

Branch/Rank: U.S. Navy/E-6/HM1

Service: 9-plus years; Pensacola (Florida), Yokosuka (Japan), Kuwait, Kandahar, Afghanistan, temporary additional duty to a DDG (guided missile destroyer), Naval Hospital …