Gen Jack Keane Bio, Wife, Awards, Salary, United States Army, Fox News

Gen Jack Keane Biography

Gen Jack Keane, born John M. “Jack” Keane, is a retired four-star general who served as the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump. He currently works as a Fox News senior strategic analyst as well as the head of the Institute for the Study of War and AM General.

Gen Jack Keane Age

Jack was born on February 1, 1943, in Manhattan, New York, United States. He is 79 years old as of March 2022.

Gen Jack Keane Height

He stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx 1.7 m).

Gen Jack Keane Family

Jack is a New Yorker. He was born and raised in Manhattan, New York. His mum’s name was Elizabeth Keane and his dad’s name was John Keane. He has a sibling named Ronald.

Gen Jack Keane Education

Jack is learned. He attended Bishop Dubois High School, and Fordham University, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1966. While at Fordhan, he participated in the Pershing Rifles. He later attended Western Kentucky University and graduated with a master’s degree in philosophy. He later attended and graduated from the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College.

Gen Jack Keane Wife

He is married to Angela McGlowan. Angela is an American Republican political commentator, best-selling author, and CEO of Political Strategies & Insights (PSI), a government affairs, political strategy, public relations, and advocacy consulting firm based in Oxford, Mississippi, and Washington, D.C.

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Previously, he married his first wife, Theresa Doyle, in 1965 who sadly died in 2016 after having Parkinson’s disease for 14 years. The two had two sons whose details are not known to public.

Gen Jack Keane Net Worth

He has an estimated net worth of $17 Million which he has earned through his career in the army and as a Fox News senior strategic analyst.

Gen Jack Keane Salary

Phil earns an estimated salary of between $ 24,292 and $ 72,507.

Gen Jack Keane Career

Keane works at Fox News as a Fox News senior strategic analyst as well as the head of the Institute for the Study of War and AM General. Jack has had one of the greatest milestones in his career in the United States Army and this ended up in him being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on March 10, 2020, by President Donald Trump. Currently, he works as a Fox News senior strategic analyst as well as the head of the Institute for the Study of War and AM General.

Gen Jack Keane IP3

Keane is a co-founder and director of IP3 International, (IP3), a nuclear energy consulting firm. He is an advisor to the Spirit of America, a 501(c)(3) organization. He was a former director of defense company General Dynamics and served as a strategic advisor for Academi.

As a Ranger paratrooper in the Vietnam War, Keane led as a platoon leader and company commander in combat. The Combat Infantry Badge and the Master Parachutist Badge were awarded to him. Later, he participated in US operations in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo. The 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, 101st Airborne Division, and XVIII Airborne Corps are among his commanders.

During a live-fire exercise in 1991, Keane saved David Petraeus’ life. Petraeus was shot, according to Keane “I had to struggle to preserve his life because he was standing right next to me by chance. He had a quarter-sized hole in his back that was gushing blood, and we stemmed the bleeding, got him on a chopper, and took him to a surgeon, and we’ve been kind of attached since then.” In 2003, Keane retired from the military.

He has worked as an informal counselor to presidents and other top leaders since his retirement from the military. As a member of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, he provided advice on the conduct of the US occupation of Iraq. Through the American Enterprise Institute in January 2007, Keane and scholar Frederick W. Kagan produced a policy paper titled “Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq,” which advocated for bringing security to Iraq by deploying 30,000 additional American troops for at least 18 months. President George W. Bush, influenced in part by this study, ordered the deployment of 21,500 extra troops to Iraq on January 10, 2007, the majority of whom would be stationed in Baghdad. a deployment that has been nicknamed the 2007 “surge”.

Gen Jack Keane Awards

Keane has received numerous awards especially during his long term and brave career in the millitary. These awards include two Defense Distinguished Service Medals, two Army Distinguished Service Medals, the Silver Star, five Legion of Merits, the Bronze Star Medal, three Meritorious Service Medals, one Army Commendation Medal, the Joint Chiefs Service Badge, the Humanitarian Service Medal, Ranger Tab, Combat Infantryman Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, and Air Assault Badge.

His civilian awards include the Association of the United States Army 2001 Man of the Year award and the Fordham University Distinguished Alumni Award, the USO 2002 Man of the Year award. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on March 10, 2020 by president Donald Trump.

Gen Jack Keane FOX News

Keane works at FOX News alongside other Fox News anchors who include;

  1. Jamie Colby
  2. Byron York
  3. Trey Yingst
  4. Kiron Skinner
  5. Dan Springer
  6. Karl Rove
  7. Katie Pavlich
  8. Nicole Saphier
  9. Austin Westfall
  10. Anita Vogel

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