I am U.S. Army Specialist Christopher Gregory from the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
I was trained as Army Airborne.
I recieved my jumpwings from Fort Benning, GA.
I was then restationed to Fort Carson, CO where I was trained in tank operations, tank mechanics and speacialized reconnaisance.
I served an eighteen month tour of duty in Iraq, stationed mostly out of Camp Tagi.
Airborne Toast
I have ridden the skies in great machines,
hooked up and jumped with the best of men.
I have fought long and hard,
and when I felt I had no energy left,
I have been fired by the fear
that if I stopped fighting,
my comrades would die.
And when I was in danger, enemy all around,
I heard the thunder from my left and my right,
as my life was defended.
I have never been alone!
I lived, jumped, fought and battled to victory
with the greatest assemblage of men on earth.
Gentlemen, to the BROTHERHOOD of the AIRBORNE.
TO THE AIRBORNE!