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VAntage Point Search for: Menu * News * Top Stories * Latest News * Benefits News * Health News * Secretary’s Blog * America 250 * Date Archives * Resources * VetResources * VA Careers * VA/Linkedin Partnerships * Social Media Policy * How to submit a guest post * My HealtheVetThis will take you to the MyHealtheVet website * Suicide PreventionThis will take you to the Suicide Prevention website * VA FormsThis will take you to the VA Find a Form page * VA Podcast Network * Press Releases * Search for: #VETERANOFTHEDAY MARINE CORPS VETERAN MICHAEL JOSEPH ZACCHEA News Sections: Veteran of the Day Published On: June 3rd, 2022|563 words|1.9 min read| DME Interns Marine Corps Veteran Michael Joseph Zacchea is today’s Veteran of the Day. Michael Joseph Zacchea was born in Flushing, New York, in 1968. He came from a military family, where both his father and grandfather were Marines, as were many of their friends. While growing up, the young Zacchea would listen as his family and friends shared stories about serving in the Marine Corps.He attended the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, where he received a bachelor’s degree in the classics. He later earned a master’s degree in business from Hawaii Pacific University. Zacchea enlisted in the Marine Corps two weeks after his 17th birthday and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1990. He was deployed to Somalia and Haiti, and served as a recruiter, an artillery commander and a battalion assistant operations officer. In March 2004, having been promoted to major, Zacchea deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom II as an American military advisor. Over the following months, he trained and led his battalion in combat. In late 2004, Zacchea’s battalion fought in Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah. He was wounded by a blast from a rocket-propelled grenade but refused to be evacuated, not wanting to leave his men behind. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and was later medically retired from the Marine Corps. Zacchea’s first civilian employment was a desk job at a Wall Street firm, but he was unhappy with the work and began studying part-time at the University of Connecticut, earning a master’s degree in business administration. While attending graduate school, Zacchea learned about the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV), a successful program based at Syracuse University in New York that was designed to help Veterans and their families start their own businesses. He duplicated their approach and founded an EBV program at the University of Connecticut. Since 2009, this program has helped Veterans to launch more than 150 businesses and over 400 jobs. “The military is much more entrepreneurial than people think,” Zacchea said in a 2021 interview with Forbes. “Especially small-unit leaders in the military who are essentially running a small business.” Zacchea medically retired from the Marine Corps at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He received many honors, including two Bronze Stars for Valor, a Purple Heart, a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, a Combat Action Ribbon and an Iraq Campaign Medal. To date, Zacchea is the only American to have received the Order of the Lion of Babylon award from the government of Iraq. Zacchea died on April 21, 2022, at the age of 53. We honor his service. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOMINATE A VETERAN FOR #VETERANOFTHEDAY Do you want to light up the face of a special Veteran? Have you been wondering how to tell your Veteran they are special to you? VA’s #VeteranOfTheDay social media feature is an opportunity to highlight your Veteran and his/her service. It’s easy to nominate a Veteran. Visit our blog post about nominating to learn how to create the best submission. VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT This #VeteranOfTheDay profile was created with interviews submitted to the Veterans History Project. The project collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war Veterans so that future generations may hear directly from Veterans and better understand the realities of war. Find out more at http://www.loc.gov/vets/. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Writer: Stephen Hill Editors: Theresa Lyon, Alexandra Kaiser Researcher: Giacomo Ferrari Graphic Designer: Yasmine Pierce Previous #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jimmie Kanaya Next #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran James McAteer Keywords: EBV Iraq War Marine Order of the Lion of Babylon SHARE THIS STORY, CHOOSE YOUR PLATFORM! ONE COMMENT 1. Senior Veterans Care Network June 6, 2022 at 11:19 am - Reply We honor the service of Michael Joseph Zacchea. LEAVE A COMMENT CANCEL REPLY Comment Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Solve : * 24 ⁄ 12 = YOU MIGHT ALSO BE INTERESTED IN THESE ARTICLES * #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran James E. Wright #VETERANOFTHEDAY ARMY VETERAN JAMES E. WRIGHT June 9th, 2022|0 Comments * #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Leo J. Dulacki #VETERANOFTHEDAY MARINE CORPS VETERAN LEO J. 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