Entergy Employees on NBC's Today Show with Tom Brokaw

Entergy employees Mike Wright, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran and current maintenance coordinator at Indian Point, and Gary Taylor, group president of utility operations, discussed the importance of their employer's dedication to supporting military members and veterans on NBC's Today Show with Tom Brokaw. Wach the video here. 

is one of the newest members and a top-level Chairman’s Circle sponsor of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes campaign.

Write told Brokaw that he believes he is a better worker now that he has military experience and was never concerned that Entergy would not have his job waiting for him when he returned. In fact, Entergy supported his deployments.

Gary Taylor, the driving force behind Entergy’s new Hiring Our Heroes initiative, explained that companies like Entergy see veteran support as an investment in the bottom line." He said it is a competitive advantage to businesses to tap into men and women who have served in the military. They are bold leaders and hard workers, he explained. 

Despite this, there are one million unemployed veterans today and 30 percent of those under 24 years old are jobless, Brokaw said.   

Wright said that the young people serving today are amazing. "They are willing to do what it takes to accomplish a mission," he said. 

"We need to better communicate to corporate america how that translates (into the business world). We have the next greatest generation here." 

View the whole segment here.