Grab a seat and lean in, because we’re sitting down with Jay Clason. Jay’s a man with 37 years in the U.S. Army, 34 countries under his boots, and 49 states notched in his belt. You could say he’s been around the block a few times.
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Jay leads us through his life from being drafted at the end of the Vietnam War through his progression to Lieutenant Colonel and beyond. Full of noteworthy quotes, eyebrow-raising friendships, and one hefty resume, Jay is sure to delight in this episode of Terminal Exchange.
And how does one with such a dense resume end up running miles for Nussbaum Transportation? Jay fills in the gaps and leaves you with an incredulous cliffhanger.
He’ll be back, don’t worry.
Quotes
- “When they’d say, ‘Wow, you’ve had a lot of jobs…’ My answer was, “Well, I need to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. And I think I have. It’s called retirement.’”
- “You never know what people see in you that you don’t recognize in yourself.”
- “I wrote the DOD portion of the National Response Plan in 2002.”
- “I’ve lived in big cities all over the world, but I’m a country kid from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I do not want to live in Washington, D.C.!”
- “I’ve slept on top of tanks, in the back of trucks and Humvees, in the sand, in the snow. But I’ve also slept on the floor of the House of Representatives – we did a terrorist training exercise to defend Congress.”
- “For the military, we only know two worlds… we go to war, or we’re training to do that.”
- “I haven’t grown up yet.”