{"id":35350,"date":"2013-04-30T08:41:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T12:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35350"},"modified":"2013-04-30T08:41:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T12:41:29","slug":"sfc-greg-robinson-graduates-air-assault-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35350","title":{"rendered":"SFC Greg Robinson graduates Air Assault school"},"content":{"rendered":"

MCPO Ret. in TN sends us a link to the story <\/a>of SFC Greg Robinson who graduated from Air Assault School at fort Campbell, KY. I know it happens every few weeks, but SFC Robinson is an amputee;<\/p>\n

“Right now, I am a platoon sergeant,” Robinson told reporters after graduating. “I have roughly 30 men in my platoon. As a leader, I didn’t want to tell my soldiers that they needed to go to air assault school, if I am not air assault qualified.”<\/p>\n

On Monday, he had his followers: dozens of soldiers from his unit lined up to congratulate Robinson after he graduated. His 4-year-old daughter, Drew, and his wife, Amanda, gave him hugs and kisses.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old noncommissioned officer from Elizabethtown, Ill., toughed out Monday’s 12-mile road march even after he had to repair his prothesis in mid-trek.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Tampa Tribune<\/a>;<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not a disability if you don’t let it slow you down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

His instructor, Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Connolly, said there was some concern at one point whether he was going to make it through when a piston in his leg stopped working on the obstacle course.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe got down and fixed it, reattempted the obstacle and went back on,\u201d Connolly said.<\/p>\n

Capt. Greg Gibson, an Army nurse with Robinson’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, said his attitude was what pushed him to finish the course. Gibson said that in his experience treating amputees, attitude and will are critical to recovery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robinson’s accomplishment not only inspires his soldiers, it’s an inspiration for all of us. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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