Special to NBC Latino

Ismael "Junior" Ortiz stands in the center with Marines in 2010.

Ismael Ortiz, Jr., otherwise known as “Junior,” spends his days trying to make sure every U.S. military veteran gets a job. As the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Veterans’ Employment and Training Services, he makes sure programs President Obama has initiated to help veterans are implemented.

He will be at tomorrow’s Hiring Our Heroes Veteran Employment Fair aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid in New York City to make sure everything goes smoothly.

Read more at NBCLatino.com.

For more on Hiring our Heroes, an initiative from NBC News and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that aims to get veterans back into the workforce, click here. Learn more about job fairs for veterans here.

Elizabeth Perez / Special to NBC Latino

By NBC Latino

Elizabeth Perez has trained more than 900 contractors in the clean energy industry in California, nearly 100 of which are veterans.

"In 2009, I approached the company I was with about training veterans, and they didn't see it," says Perez. "They weren’t really going to hire veterans, so I started on my own company."

She says there is a desperate need for companies to reach out to Veterans with opportunities.

Read the full story on NBC Latino's website.

For more on Hiring our Heroes, an initiative from NBC News and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that aims to get veterans back into the workforce, click here. Learn more about job fairs for veterans here. 

NBC Latino / Spc. Joshua Ramey

Sgt. Raul Montano examines a photo he captured in Baghdad, Iraq, in the summer of 2006.

By NBC Latino 

Raul Montano always wanted to go to college and be a teacher. Ten years ago, Montano joined the Army, because after two years of community college, he wanted to go to school tuition-free. 

But Montano says that promise is "impossible" to take advantage of and he’s now jobless and living off of his savings. He'll join thousands of veterans next week at NBC News' Hiring our Heroes job fairs in his bid to find work.

Read more from NBC Latino.

For more on Hiring our Heroes, an initiative from NBC News and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that aims to get veterans back into the workforce, click here. Learn more about job fairs for veterans here.