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Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1979, Calvin Thomas Hampton served 20 years in the U.S. Army, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Following his military retirement, he held roles in solutions specialization and operations management before becoming a program manager at Soldier’s Best Friend, an Arizona nonprofit providing service dogs to veterans with service-related post-traumatic stress disorder and/or combat-related traumatic brain injury. Calvin interviews and supports program applicants. During his three-year tenure, 325 veterans entered the program and 237 graduated. He is affiliated with the Honorable Order of St. Barbara, the Air Defense Artillery Association, and VFW Post 1677. He also founded the I Am Because We Are Foundation in Gilbert, Arizona. Since 1996, he has served as a senior advisor for manhood development at St. Peter’s Baptist Church and has mentored more than 200 youth as head coach of AZ Premier Flag Football.