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Certain For-profit Colleges Leave Veterans in a Bind

Terry Jack will be the first one to tell you he has made his share of mistakes. By his own account, the Army veteran from Tucson, Arizona, has been twice convicted of a DUI.

He says the second time — which occurred in 2014 — cost him 90 days in jail, and his driver’s license was revoked.

“As a veteran, I kind of felt embarrassed and humiliated just because of the fact that when you’re in the military, every Friday they have a safety briefing and they tell you not to drink and drive,” Jack says.

“After all those safety briefings, you would have thought I never would have risked getting in a car after a night of alcohol,” he continues. “But I did.”

As consequential as the second DUI has been for Jack, another decision he made proved just as costly, if not more. Jack enrolled in the criminal justice program at Brown Mackie College in Tucson, Arizona.

Sure, Jack got his degree. He has a picture of it posted on his Instagram account, @martialwayz, to prove it.

“Finally picked my degree up,” states his Instagram post from September 24, 2016. “It was official as of July 8, 2016.”

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