Stories of Service: Army veteran looking for opportunities in business world [Video]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — They served our country and now they’re looking for the next chapter in their career. 

It can be hard for transitioning members of the military to equate their job skills from the military world to the civilian world, and in this economy, finding a high-paying job can be all the more difficult.

In this week’s Stories of Service, we meet an Army veteran who moved his family to Jacksonville in hopes of a bright future.

For 14 years, Grant Carlton served in the Army as a Blackhawk mechanic. He was even deployed to Afghanistan for seven months in 2014.

“Everyone’s a soldier first, everyone has to do that job,” said Carlton. “But, our main focus was to make sure those aircrafts are running successfully so they can go save those who are …