Colonel Robert N. Jannarone served five years on Active Duty, including a tour with the 65th Engineer Battalion of the 25th Infantry Division in Viet Nam. He then served 28 more years in the Army Reserve, as a Military Academy Liaison Officer and with the Corps of Engineers, ending with duty as the Staff Engineer of the North Atlantic Division based in New York City. He has an M.B.A. and a Professional Engineer License.
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For the eight years before entering USMA, I lived at West Point, most of the time in the Lusk housing area. The night before I entered, I swam in Lusk Reservoir, like my older brother … Read more - Duty, Honor, Country – Through the Years with Coach K
My first experience with Mike Krzyzewski was as a Company mate the first two years, before I was shuttled off to a new Company. The first plebe year re-sectioning for English class was alphabetical by … Read more - 9-11 from the Hudson Valley – 2001
by Bob Jannarone SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 We lived in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York in 2001. We had retired over a year before from our jobs at West Point and were looking forward to our first … Read more - Honor – Honesty – 1973
by Bob Jannarone While I may think I have always been scrupulously honest, I must admit that I have a mischievous streak in me. That might have come from a record my parents and … Read more - Combat Related Special Compensation – 2021
A number of my classmates and I have diseases related to exposure to Agent Orange* in Viet Nam. I urge those who were wounded and those have those diseases to pay special attention, because … Read more - U.S. Military Academy Admissions Stories – 1976-2000
One of the jobs I had in the Army Reserve was an Attachment to the United States Military Academy as a Military Academy Liaison Officer, in addition to being Assigned to the Army Corps of … Read more - Love at the Library – 1976
After I left Army Active Duty in 1974, I worked for the DuPont Company in Rochester, NY for fifteen years, making silver halide-based photographic film. There came a time when it was apparent to me … Read more - Train Travel – 1994
I like to travel by train rather than plane. Many times, my wife and I have gone to Florida on a train with a Deluxe Bedroom. At first, that accommodation had a VCR that offered … Read more - What West Point Means To Me – Bob Jannarone
West Point is home to me. I was born there and spent fifteen of my first twenty-two years there. During childhood, I thought it was idyllic. Five other Army brats from my high school were … Read more - Defining Moment 1972
by Bob Jannarone A defining moment of my life came while I was a Company Commander at Ft. Benning, GA, in 1972. After about four months in command, I looked around one day and decided … Read more - Court Martial – 1972
When I was the Company Commander of an Engineer Company at Fort Benning, Georgia from January 1972 to March 1973, I had several drug pushers and other malcontents. Once I was able to get rid … Read more - Pay Day – 1972
Pay Day – 1972 One day when I was a Company Commander at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1972, I was assigned to be the Post Duty Officer. That meant that I had to stay up … Read more - The Swearing-In Ceremony – 1993
After I completed the five year Active Duty obligation, I joined the Army Reserve. I soon found out about the Military Academy Liaison Officer Program, run by the Admissions Office at West Point, a largely … Read more - Who, What or Where? – 1972
My sister, Dotty, three years behind me in school, wound up being on two TV quiz shows, “Jeopardy” in 1970 and “Who, What, Or Where” in 1972. I was instrumental in getting her to apply … Read more - Bob Hope – 1970
The kick-off for the Bob Hope USO tour in 1970 was at West Point on December 15. Since my dad was the Dean of the Academic board, one of three generals on the post, my … Read more - The First Jump – 1969
The first place I went after West Point was Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia. This was a three week course. The first week was mostly the mechanics of something called “parachute landing falls” done … Read more