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Continuing with our #XVIIIABCHeraldryWeek notable "Sky Dragon" Soldiers, we'd like to share a bit about Greg Robinson. Like Evers and Dunwoody, Robinson embodies the principles of courage, loyalty, aggression, and valor represented by our Dragon insignia.🐉
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US Army Air Assault School is a physically and mentally demanding 10-day course designed “to prepare Soldiers for insertion, evacuation, and pathfinder missions that call for the use of multipurpose transportation and assault helicopters.”
goarmy.com/soldier-life/b…
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The course is divided into three phases, but to graduate, Soldiers have to finish a 12-mile road march in less than 3 hours, with full gear PLUS rucksack.
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In 2013, carrying nearly 35 lbs in gear, Sergeant First Class Greg Robinson completed his 12-miles after a grueling 10-day Air Assault course and received his Air Assault Badge.
masslive.com/news/2013/04/a…
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This might not seem like anything out of the ordinary, considering the number of Soldiers that complete the Air Assault course every year. But SFC Robinson did so on one leg.
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The 34-year-old combat engineer was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), making it necessary to have his Air Assault Badge.
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“It’s a really good feeling and I just hope this can inspire other amputees and other people with disabilities that they can accomplish things.”
army.mil/article/102264…
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SFC Robinson had lost the lower portion of his right leg during Operation Medusa, while deployed to Afghanistan in 2006.
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The instructors were tough and fair. They ensured there was not bias for or against SFC Robinson, despite his circumstances.
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One senior instructor noted that the instructors were nervous at first when SFC Robinson began the course, but they did their job as if he were any other Soldier. They “treated him like everyone else coming to school to earn the Air Assault wings.”
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The instructors were proud of SFC Robinson and the example he set for others.
army.mil/article/102264…
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“My biggest thing today is to let that someone who is laying there wounded in that hospital bed know not to get down on yourself. You can still continue despite missing a limb. A disability is only a disability if you let it hold you down.”
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