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At Bank of America, veterans have the power to advance their careers through training and mentorship

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VIDEO: See how military spouse Erica Tyree balances her family life and career with Bank of America

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TITLE CARD: Bank of America Presents: Love & Careers
SUPER: Gabriel Tyree, US Navy Veteran

[Gabriel Tyree]
My full name is Gabriel Lee Tyree.
SUPER: Gabriel Tyree, US Navy Veteran

[Gabriel Tyree]
The branch that I served in was the United States Navy.
I was in Jacksonville, Florida, and we were getting ready to deploy, and I stopped by a Bank of America Branch and I was going to make a withdrawal so I could have some money for the trip.
And that's where I met Erica.

[Erica Tyree]
I was an Assistant Banking Center Manager at the time.
SUPER: Erica Tyree, Bank of America, Co-Chair, Military Support & Assistance Group

[Erica Tyree]
So as he walked in he had his motorcycle helmet and I just said "Oh it's a great day to ride!"

[Gabriel Tyree]
It was perfect timing when I met Erica. She assisted me and the rest is history.
I think the next day I was leaving.

[Erica Tyree]
He did go on a deployment, I would send him care packages once a week.

[Gabriel Tyree]
I'd always heard that if you could stick with somebody throughout a deployment, or if somebody can stick with you, you and that other person have a very good chance of making it.

[Erica Tyree]
We started in Jacksonville, Florida.

[Gabriel Tyree]
And then we went to Great Lakes.

[Erica Tyree]
After two years went to Detroit, Michigan for twelve months.

[Gabriel Tyree]
And then we went out west to San Diego.

[Erica Tyree]
And then back to Chicago for three years.

[Gabriel Tyree]
And then now we are here, in Dallas, Texas.

(light switch turns on)

[Erica Tyree]
Good morning, Cobi!
When we decided to get married, we both understood we both had a career.

(another light switch turns on)

[Erica Tyree]
My career was with Bank of America and his career was with the United States Navy.
I never really understood what it meant to be married to somebody in the service.
You know there's a move ahead of you.
And so, do you really invest time in friendships when you know you or them are going to be gone?
It's hard.
When you know, at the end of the day, you probably can't stay where you are, why would you really try to settle in?
So Bank of America has a program called MSAG, which is Military Support and Assistance Group.
Through MSAG, Bank of America is making a commitment to help military spouses ease that transition when it's time for that move.

(music picks up)

[Julian Parra]
Erica is a natural leader.
SUPER: Julian Parra, Bank of America, Business Banking Executive

[Julian Parra]
She is eager to learn.
She's goal oriented.
She's competitive.
And so, to me, those are the things I look for when I hire people.
SUPER: Kieth Cockrell, Bank of America, Life Services Executive

[Kieth Cockrell]
Erica demonstrated that she wasn't just a hard worker, she was committed to really developing.
To continue to excel in her job as her husband was deployed to different areas was most impressive!

[Gabriel Tyree]
And it's kind of like she would get new orders and I would get new orders and we both transferred together with our new duty stations.

[Erica Tyree]
He had to leave on his deployment, and that experience is…

(Erica begins to tear up)

[Gabriel Tyree]
Being deployed while I had a kid back home, that was one of the toughest things I'd ever had to do. You leave one day, you don't know when you're coming back.

(music picks up)

[Erica Tyree]
When it came time for him to think about retiring, he sacrificed for our family and for me.
By saying, "You know what? I'm going to go ahead and retire so that you can really continue to grow your career."
Twenty years ago I started as a part time teller and now I'm Senior Vice President, Client Management Executive.
If it wasn't for Bank of America, I don't know where I would be today.

[Gabriel Tyree]
The Bank has given us some amazing opportunities, and just like the military, they take care of their people.

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[Gabriel Tyree]
It was perfect timing when I met Erica. She assisted me and the rest is history.
I think the next day I was leaving.

[Erica Tyree]
He did go on a deployment, I would send him care packages once a week.

[Gabriel Tyree]
I'd always heard that if you could stick with somebody throughout a deployment, or if somebody can stick with you, you and that other person have a very good chance of making it.

[Erica Tyree]
We started in Jacksonville, Florida.

[Gabriel Tyree]
And then we went to Great Lakes.

[Erica Tyree]
After two years went to Detroit, Michigan for twelve months.

[Gabriel Tyree]
And then we went out west to San Diego.

[Erica Tyree]
And then back to Chicago for three years.

[Gabriel Tyree]
And then now we are here, in Dallas, Texas.

(light switch turns on)

[Erica Tyree]
Good morning, Cobi!
When we decided to get married, we both understood we both had a career.

(another light switch turns on)

(music picks up)

[Julian Parra]
Erica is a natural leader.
SUPER: Julian Parra, Bank of America, Business Banking Executive

[Gabriel Tyree]
And it's kind of like she would get new orders and I would get new orders and we both transferred together with our new duty stations.

[Erica Tyree]
He had to leave on his deployment, and that experience is…

(Erica begins to tear up)

[Gabriel Tyree]
Being deployed while I had a kid back home, that was one of the toughest things I'd ever had to do. You leave one day, you don't know when you're coming back.

(music picks up)

[Gabriel Tyree]
The Bank has given us some amazing opportunities, and just like the military, they take care of their people.

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From career advancement opportunities and job training to wellness initiatives and financial education, we're supporting service members by partnering with military nonprofits and organizations across the country.

We're partnering with national and local military organizations to support our veterans

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A dialogue on The Vietnam War with Ken Burns and Bank of America’s Anne Finucane

Anne Finucane, Vice Chairman, Bank of America and Ken Burns

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VIDEO: A non-profit that helps vets – and rescues dogs

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Clarissa Black Video
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

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Sometimes, one person with a vision
Can help the lives of many

Lower third:
Blade Anthony
Corpsman, USMC
Iraq War Veteran

Graphic subtitle appearing in lower portion of the frame:
According to a 2013 Department of Veterans Affairs report

BLADE ANTHONY:
There’s 22 people who are gonna die today. Twenty-two of my brothers and sisters that are gonna take their own life because they can’t deal with stuff. And I was almost one of those. Had it not been for Clarissa and her organization and my dog, DeDe.

CLARISSA BLACK:
Every year approximately four million animals are being euthanized in shelters across the country.

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According to SPCA statistics

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CLARISSA BLACK
Founder, Pets for Vets
And Merrill Lynch Client

CLARISSA BLACK:
And so that inspired me to think, why can’t I find the right shelter dog to help these veterans with what it is that they’re going through.

MATT DUPUIS
Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor

MATT DUPUIS:
Watching Clarissa Black start this organization from scratch and seeing the immediate impact she’s had on individual’s lives is contagious. And there’s no doubt in my mind that we’re going to look back in a very short amount of time and Pets for Vets will be a household name.

CLARISSA BLACK:
Pets for Vets is a nonprofit organization that matches shelter dogs to returning veterans to help them with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, anxiety, depression.

CLARISSA BLACK:
We actually really get to know our veterans. What it is that they’re looking for, what they need. Then we go out and we find a dog that’s gonna fit seamlessly into their life.

And on top of that we actually provide each of the dog’s training to help them fit with that particular veterans’ PTSD.

BLADE ANTHONY:
When I used to get really mad (De De) would come up to me and then it would make me less mad. I would calm down. When I would cry or be afraid she would be there to make me not cry any more. Feel better.

CLARISSA BLACK:
Working with Blade I discovered that he really had not had a good night’s sleep in, since he had returned home.

So we trained DeDe to actually recognize wrestling and moaning of a nightmare in order to wake Blade up at night and because of that it actually started to reduce the number of nightmares that he had and he was able to get a good night’s sleep.

BLADE ANTHONY: I really mean what I say that I just can't stand being away from her.

ADAM RENTERIA
Sergeant, US ARMY
Iraq War Veteran

ADAM RENTERIA:
Before I’d gotten Rakkasan I wanted a much bigger dog. I come from that type of, that warrior mentality. I wanted a warrior-type dog.

CLARISSA BLACK:
And that feeling of having this very large dog, I didn’t think was going to help him in what he told us he was looking for.

ADAM RENTERIA:
I was looking for a void to be filled rather than a process to be healed. And so Clarissa through the assessment, through her evaluation, understood this.

B-roll – Adam and Clarissa at the fountain – “I’m in sync with him as much as he’s in sync with me.”

Adam, Clarissa and Rakkasan walking together

CLARISSA BLACK:
After the, the match our veterans actually become part of our Pets for Vets family. And I think that’s really important also// for healing with PTSD is feeling you’re part of a community.

CLARISSA BLACK:
It’s just incredible the community that we have built not only as a Pets for Vets family but all the volunteers giving their time because they believe in Pets for Vets but they also want to help veterans and help rescue animals.

FA, MATT DUPUIS:
Clarissa and Pets for Vets have chapters in 19 states and I don’t think she’s going to stop until she has all 50 states.

I surely hope that most people have the opportunity to do something like this in life and to look back and say you did something bigger than yourself and you made a difference

BLADE ANTHONY:
When Pets for Vets rescued De De, she was pretty bad off. She had scars on her face like I do. So, she probably has PTSD like I do.

BLADE ANTHONY:
And now, we’re together… healing both together.

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VIDEO: USO of NC & Bank of America salute service members with surprise Hendrick Motorsports pit crew training

[MUSIC PLAYING]

SUPER: To remind service members they can do anything, Bank of America and USO of North Carolina sent three of them to Team 48 Pit Crew training at Hendrick Motorsports.

John Falkenbury: You know there is a saying in the army that we do more before 9 a.m. than most people do during their normal day. As it was today at oh dark thirty three service members from the Air Force, the National Guard and the Army arrived at Hendrick Motorsports.

Mark Morrison: Welcome to Hendrick Motorsports. I'm a Mark Morrison. How are you? Brendan Cashion: We weren't really told much. We were told we were going to have a fun-filled day and...

Timothy Edwards: When and where to be and that was it.

DJ Rhodes: And then they took us and said you're going to spend a day with the pit crew.

Mark Morrison: Let's get you all to change and get rolling.

John Falkenbury: The USO is an organization. We're that conduit between the American people and the men and women who serve this nation.

DJ Rhodes: We did the PT that they do.

Mark Morrison: Switch!

Timothy Edwards: I immediately started sweating.

Brendan Cashion: Started out by warm ups and lunges.

John Falkenbury: The transitioning of our service members over the next several years, you have to help them transition to their new normal.

Will Manning: Bank of America is committed to helping to make that transition happen as smooth and seamlessly as possible by engaging the organizations like the USO of North Carolina.

John Falkenbury: We have a step program. Service, transition, employment programs.

Mark Morrison: 5 to go, 5 to go.

DJ Rhodes: I was nervous. I'm still nervous, getting out because I feel like I'm graduating high school again I don't know what I'm going to do.

John Falkenbury: You need to understand that, you need to understand the needs that they have. Filling gaps in transition assistance, in finding them jobs, educating them on how to do a job interview. Those are educational programs that we're heavily involved in.

Brendan Cashion: Been to Iraq, been to Afghanistan, trying to deal with the transition from that, and USO of Carolina has really helped me out a lot.

DJ Rhodes: Now I feel a little bit more confident that I do have something to offer to the civilian world.

Mark Morrison: 2, 1, alright that's it everybody in.

Mark Morrison: Alright hey but it's not over, we got practice alright?

Pit Crew Member: Alright 48 88 let's get going here. Getting loud in here in a second, getting loud, getting loud, watch your ears.

[CAR REVS UP]

DJ Rhodes: So after the PT session they said now we are going to go into our practice; where they simulated the actual pit stops. The car comes rolling in and they jump over to the wall just like it's actually in a race.

Timothy Edwards: They definitely, when they get to work, it's serious business.

Brendan Cashion: Everybody works together to make one thing happen and that's to win.

Pit Crew Member: Nice job guys! Good job.

Chad Knaus: Hey guys! I'm Chad Knaus, nice to meet you. You guys have seen what these guys do here on the car, you've experienced what they do on the practice fields so why don't we see what you guys can do here on the car yourselves?

Brendan Cashion: Cool.

Timothy Edwards: We'll make it happen.

Chad Knaus: Alright, let's go. Let's do this.

John Falkenbury: Bank of America has a phenomenal military support assistance group and we work with them hand in hand. The support that Bank of America gives to USO makes the difference in the lives of so many men and women.

Charles Bowman: People don't succeed in business or in sports or in the military without that teamwork and that's really what, a good example of what you've seen out here today. Chad Knaus: This was a lot of fun today.

DJ Rhodes: Yeah.

Chad Knaus: And we would also like for you to come see us in action this fall and to come to the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Here's your tickets.

Brendan Cashion: Sweet.

DJ Rhodes: Sweet.

Timothy Edwards: Appreciate it, thank you very much.

DJ Rhodes: Thank you.

DJ Rhodes: I was blown away. To be able to go to that race is huge. This couldn't have been a better experience.

SUPER: We're proud to support military nonprofits helping veterans in communities across the country. #troopthanks

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