David Finley used the technology skills he developed over 6 years in the Marines to secure work with the space program for 11 and a half years and then in the private sector over the following decade.
Despite collecting a paper trail from his former employers he has been unable to secure unemployment benefits. The last year and a half he was working in Afghanistan with Virginia-based MAG Aerospace but when the coronavirus pandemic hit everything changed. [TRENDING: Video shows officer slamming student | Man shoots at ex-girlfriend’s current boyfriend 94 times | These men are paying $55M to go to space station] “The contract I was on was cancelled by the Army,” Finley said. “So everybody on that contract was laid off.” That sudden shut down