Jack McCain has had an impressive military career. The fourth-generation naval officer's journey has included five deployments in the Pacific, Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, as well as participating in search and rescue operations, including three that saved lives.
He taught at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he earned a degree in international relations before going on to a master's degree in security studies from Georgetown University.
But nowhere has the naval aviator — he flies helicopters — forged stronger connections than in Afghanistan, where he'd volunteered for combat as a cultural liaison.
