Colonel Jack Jacobs Chat

Hear stories of valor from an American serviceman and hero, Colonel Jack Jacobs (ret.), Medal of Honor recipient for his service in Vietnam and NBC News Military analyst. Not only did Colonel Jacobs receive the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award, for gallantry "above and beyond the call of duty", he also earned three Bronze Stars, two Silver Stars, among multiple other military honors. A member of the faculty at West Point and an author, Colonel Jacobs is used to recounting his experiences. His acclaimed memoir, If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice In America's Time of Need, is winner of the 2010 Colby Award, which recognizes a "first work of fiction or nonfiction that has made a significant contribution to the public's understanding of intelligence operations, military history, or international affairs." https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96060365

The date and hour of the meeting must be mutually agreed upon and will expire by December 31, 2021. An in-person meeting may be possible depending on timing and location.

Bio
With Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Rutgers, Colonel Jack Jacobs entered the U.S. Army in 1966 and retired in 1987. Jacobs was a founder of AutoFinance Group Inc, one of the firms to pioneer the securitization of debt instruments, which was subsequently sold to Key Bank. He was also a Managing Director of Bankers Trust, where he ran foreign exchange options worldwide and was a partner in the institutional hedge fund business, raising more than $2 billion. Jacobs is a principal of The Fitzroy Group, a firm specializing in the development of residential real estate in London and investing for its own account and in joint ventures with other institutions. He holds the Melcher Chair of Humanities and Public Affairs at the US Military Academy (West Point) and also taught at the National War College. An on-air analyst for MSNBC and NBC News, Jacobs co-authored the Colby Award-winning memoir, If Not Now, When? (Penguin, 2010) and published his second nonfiction work, Basic (St. Martin's Press) about Basic Training in 2012.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/302685/if-not-now-when-by-colonel-jack-jacobs/

https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Surviving-Boot-Camp-Training/dp/1250033721