On Octohis squad from 2nd Battalion 7th Marines Echo Co. A Co-Founder and currently on the Board of DirectorsTreasurer for The Warrior's Keep, a veteran non-profit. Shane is a veteran of the United States Navy. You can read Jake’s eloquent wisdom on resilience in Psychology Today. Jake also plays a role in Clint Eastwood's production of “American Sniper” and will also be appearing in Bradley Cooper's production of “A Star is Born” in October. A passionate and fearless leader whose quick wit and stories of intestinal fortitude have a profound impact on everyone he meets, Jake has appeared on James Gandolfini’s HBO special “Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq,” as well as “60 Minute Sports” and various other local and national venues. Jake has become a staunch advocate for maximizing the potential in people from all walks of life and shares his story and the effects of being severely wounded at public speaking engagements throughout the country to motivate people to be better tomorrow than they were today and raise awareness to the epidemic of the 20-22 warriors that die by suicide every day. "Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional”, is another quote Jake refers to frequently while referring to being a dealer of hope. "Physical pain reminds you you're alive, mental pain tests your will to stay that way", is a saying that Jake says often regarding suffering mentally. For years he dreaded his TBI and PTSD diagnosis a common mindset amongst warriors. Jake will tell you his physical injuries weren't the worst that happened to him. Jake has undergone over 50 operations, 23 blood transfusions, and countless hours of rehabilitation. After a triple-stacked tank mine detonated below his vehicle in Al Anbar Province, Iraq in 2004, Jake suffered compound fractures in his left leg and left arm multiple skin, ligament and bone losses varying burns partial loss of his left hand and arm amputation below the knee of his right leg, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic Jacob Schick, Chief Executive Officer for, is a third generation Marine who epitomizes service and sacrifice. Since Boots retired he has done some consulting and spent quality time with his two children and their families to include four (two girls and two boys) of the most fantastic grandchildren a man can have.īoots is single and enjoys helping veterans through the American Legion Peter J Courcy Post 178 in Frisco, Texas. He worked through the iterations of MCI (WorldCom) until he left to pursue other interests with other Telecom companies until he retired from Ericsson Inc. He worked in this startup and later moved to the Plano/Frisco area. Army General Staff.Īfter retiring from the Army Boots joined a brand-new company called Microwave Communication, Inc. Some of his other assignments were at Fort Ord, California Fort Benning, Georgia Fort Lee, Virginia Turkey (NATO) Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and the Pentagon on the U.S. As one of his assignments he served in Vietnam where among his awards he received three Purple Hearts. While at OU he went through the Army ROTC program and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the regular Army. He was fortunate enough to get a football/baseball scholarship to attend the University of Oklahoma (OU). After his father retired the family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado where he was blessed by God with some athleticĪbility. His father was an Army officer and a Ranger in WWII. Following that he traveled around the world with his parents. Boots was born at a very tender, young age.
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