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    Commander, actor, athlete shares life lessons with 20th CBRNE Command Soldiers

    ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES

    01.26.2018

    Photo by Clemens Gaines 

    20th CBRNE Command

    Retired Col. Gregory Gadson talked to the Soldiers of the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command during the monthly awards ceremony on Friday, Jan. 26 at the Aberdeen Proving Ground-Edgewood Area Chapel. Gadson spoke about the adversity he faced in May 2007 due to the traumatic injuries he received when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Iraq. Now, as a double amputee, he inspired the Soldiers with an emphasis on personal resilience and faith.
    In 2012, film director Peter Berg gave Gadson a starring role portraying a wounded veteran in the movie “Battleship”. That same year he became the U.S. Army Garrison Commander at Fort Belvoir, Virginia – the Army’s first double amputee commander. Gadson retired from active duty in 2014 with over 25 years of service to his country.

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    Date Taken: 01.26.2018
    Date Posted: 02.02.2018 19:53
    Photo ID: 4118431
    VIRIN: 180126-A-OH556-037
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    Location: ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND, US
    Hometown: ABERDEEN, MARYLAND, US
    Hometown: ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND, US
    Hometown: BETHESDA, MARYLAND, US
    Hometown: CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA, US
    Hometown: FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA, US
    Hometown: FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI, US
    Hometown: FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, US
    Hometown: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US

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