Category: Board Members

Medal of Honor Recipient Jacobs on the Benefit of Hiring Veterans

Medal of Honor recipient Jacobs on hiring veterans: ‘We’ve got to convince employers that this isn’t charity. These are the best people you can find anywhere’ Retired Army Col. Jack Jacobs is used to being lauded by strangers wherever he goes. It’s one of the well-deserved perks that comes with being a Medal of Honor […]

Col. Jacobs remembers John McCain

Col. Jack Jacobs John McCain’s military record and legacy: A warrior who learned from his mistakes If the legendary politician represents anything, it is the productive notion that one can’t repair the past — but one can influence the future. During World War II, the American service that suffered the highest casualty rate was the […]

Grano inspires next generation with speech at Cento Amici scholarship dinner

Grano inspires next generation with speech at Cento Amici scholarship dinner The speech was short (maybe two minutes or so) and the message was simple (metaphorically use these three arms movements to guide your life). The hope is that it was profound. If just a few of the three dozen or so scholarship winners at […]

Col. Jack Jacobs and Joe Grano in Legacies of War: Vietnam

Legacies of War: Vietnam This documentary film explores the legacy of the Vietnam War through the experiences of veterans from the New York tri-state area. Veterans highlight stories of their service in Vietnam and the treatment they received upon coming home, along with a discussion of how the Vietnam War has affected how American civilians […]

Col. Jacobs on Syria

Jacobs Blasts Obama Administration’s ‘Bankrupt’ Syria Policy: ‘We’re Not Doing Anything,’ Have ‘Egg On Our Face’ ‘We don’t even have a strategy’ Retired Col. Jack Jacobs, an NBC military analyst, blasted Obama administration policy in Syria Thursday, saying the latest moves by Russia in the war-torn nation showed “we’re not doing anything” and uncovered “the […]