Veterans

After two intense tours in Iraq, Justin Bajema asserts that you can train but you can’t prepare for the things you see, the things you have to do, the way you react…   More

William McNulty co-founded Team Rubicon as a model to help veterans transition to civilian life through continued service in domestic, disaster lead projects.   More

Shortly after 9/11, Nissh Roy was deployed to Kandahar where “it looked like the July 4th fireworks until you got on the ground and realized that the fireworks were out there to kill you.”   More

Jose Rene (J.R.) Martinez is an American actor, motivational speaker and former U.S. Army soldier. He has played the role of Brot Monroe on the ABC daytime drama All My Children, and was the winner of Season 13 of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. In 2003, Martinez sustained severe burns to over 40 percent of his body while serving as a United States Army infantryman in Iraq. Following his recovery, he has traveled around the country speaking about his experiences to corporations, veterans gro... More

President and co-founder of Team Rubicon. On January 17th, 2010, despite government and large aid organization's advice not to proceed, Jake and founding Team Rubicon members crossed the Artibonite River separating the Dominican Republic and Haiti, carrying crucial gear and medical supplies ... More

Tommy Sowers is a former US Army Special Forces officer and was the 2010 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in Missouri's 8th congressional district. He achieved the rank of Major in the United States Army. Born and raised in Rolla, Missouri, Sowers attended Duke University on an ROTC scholarship. He was commissioned in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and led a combat engineering platoon in the N... More