i am beyond grateful and i feel beyond blessed to be in this room. 82 days later i can stand here and tell class number 6 mission accomplished. for any veteran, no matter the branch, no matter officer enlisted, the opportunity here, is amazing. what advise would darnell a member of ns 2 serves give? i would tell the company look at us holistically, look at a veteran as a viable option for you for employment. and we will, without a doubt, just like i have prove our worth. steve: excellent. ainsley: always fun to see where they are now. i want folks to know they can go to ns 2 serves. you have to have an mba to get that. and we have to give a huge shoutout to admiral keran
did you think you were going to get here when we first met in 2014? you know, when i joined, i was so confident of the concept of the program. all we needed to do was give them an opportunity to get that skill set that would get them from the military and transition them in to the commercial sector. after 19 weeks, 11 graduates have learned as much as they can. join 120 ns 2 serves graduates that all have jobs. in a matter of two weeks i will start a new career as a developer and i m quite proud of that. jobs in consulting and finance. thanks to this program, i have they have become a true team. we have been through a bunch of stuff. and it s just like the bonat wed of it. i know if i ever needed anyone, i have 18 people that i can call. they are ready for the next step. after being here, i feel like i have a purpose and a direction to go. i feel like i have a career to look forward to. and i m going to take advantage of it.
cheryl casone right there on the left she introduced us to the inaugural class of the program called ns 2 serves which helps veterans get out and find jobs. brian: sixth class has graduated and cheryl went back to see how they were doing. watch. this is a great opportunity. this is something that, you know, it s changing lives. i equate it to boot camp. i m coming in learning something from the ground up. darnell had just retired from the united states marine corps after 20 years of service. he was having trouble finding a job in the civilian workforce. today he is a successful management and program analyst for the u.s. da and life changing opportunity that led him to that path was being one of 17 graduates in the inaugural class of program. third classed ad in 2017, the program has tripled in size. class number 6, joe.
veterans, giving them the tools to help them. each student has a story. my wife is active duty air force. we live paycheck to paycheck. this is going to give us the ability to become debt free in five years. the three-month program has trainees graduate with a software consultant certification and guaranteed job. i have learned a lot about finance and accounting being in here. a lot about accounts payable, things i had no clue about before. reporter: this is one of two females in the 17-person class, striking out on the job market despite a successful military career and college degree, she s betting it all on succeeding in ns 2 serves. i applied and got in and literally moved, packed up my house, put everything in storage just to be able to take advantage of this opportunity. it s rough, you know, but it s a good kind of rough. they cover all cost.
reporter: hovering around 90%, a jarring number that has many settling for anything they can get, even a minimum wage job. it was difficult finding jobs that paid well. reporter: the purpose is to teach and certify a group of veterans to be s.a.p. technology consultants. we owe them as a country more than a minimum wage job. reporter: it is a ten-week intensive program. this class of 17 veterans are learning the same skills taught to civilian consultants. most of them do not have a business background so in the initial training you re talking