First Lt. Mikel Hernandez, a resident of Browns Mills, , and deployed to Kuwait with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), prepares to send in his absentee ballot. Hernandez who emigrated from Cuba as a political refugee is voting in his first presidential election and is both grateful and excited to exercise his right, saying, "For the first time in my life I voted for the president of the nation that I belong to. This fact makes me feel free." Hernandez continued about voting while deployed saying, "How then could I refuse to fight for others to have a future they can own and ch
First Lt. Mikel Hernandez, a resident of Browns Mills, , and deployed to Kuwait with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), prepares to send in his absentee ballot. Hernandez who emigrated from Cuba as a political refugee is voting in his first presidential election and is both grateful and excited to exercise his right, saying, "For the first time in my life I voted for the president of the nation that I belong to. This fact makes me feel free." Hernandez continued about voting while deployed saying, "How then could I refuse to fight for others to have a future they can own and change? This is how I felt for 27 years before I traveled to the United States." 316th ESC soldier using right to vote 121013-A-ZZ984-010
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