Dear Next Generation: ‘My Baker’s Dozen’: Advice to My Grandchildren

"Read all types of books. You should always have a book at your bedside table," advises Craig Jones. Mario De Moya F/Shutterstock

I spent 22 years in the U.S. Army and another 20 years in the Pentagon as a contractor. Based on my personal experience and my reading of history, this is what I am trying to pass on to my grandsons:

1. As Winston Churchill said, “Never, never, never quit.” A saying we had in Ranger School—“A winner never quits and a quitter never wins.”