JULY 2024  USMC SGT Christopher D. Connelly  of Uncasville, CT  has received high security electronics and HVAC system from Work Vessels for Vets, a Mystic, CT based nonprofit that awards tools for success to America’s injured veterans. 

Chris Connelly is a Marine Corps veteran of OIF and OEF holding the MOSs of Communication Security and Micro-Miniature Repair.  After being injured during his 3rd deployment to Iraq and subsequently discharged, he chose to take on the role of a civilian contractor in Afghanistan, spending 2 years as a force protection analyst, planner, and lead technician for South-west Asia.

He has been working in electronics for over 20 years and in 2023 founded CMB Circuits LLC. CMB Circuits is a family owned, small batch circuit board manufacturer and repair shop headquartered in Quaker Hill, CT.

As a company devoted to quality over quantity, CMB Circuits carries the motto, “We are our brothers’ keeper!” CMB Circuits currently holds contracts with Metro-North Railroad and Don Brown bus sales.

“Our vision is to increase the quality of circuit board assemblies by reducing the quantity that we produce. By not having the volume of a large company, we don’t have to take a sample size of the produced material for inspection and can instead inspect every piece individually,” described  Connelly.

Cathy Cook of Work Vessels for Vets is impressed with this unique business concept.

“CMB is able to do what larger companies are able to do,” Cook notes, “but with less staffing and more dedicated service.  SGT Connelly’s  team comprises those with direct expertise in their fields as well as advisors with over 50 years total in small business operations.”