Major+George+L.+Hammar+IV

=About Major George L. Hammar IV=



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=BIOGRAPHY=

MAJ Hammar originally enlisted in the US Army in 1989 at the age of 17. He went to Fort Knox Kentucky for Basic Training and Fort Gordon, Georgia where he was trained in communications as a Radio Telephone Operator. Following the training he was assigned to the 402nd Quartermaster Unit which was responsible for resupplying units with fuel. In October of 1990 he was sent to the Persian Gulf where he served with the 475th Quartermaster Group Headquarters as a Radio Operator during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. During the 9 months he was deployed to Saudi Arabia his unit was hit with a SCUD missile which destroyed a barracks and causing 129 casualties. Hammar was awarded an Army Commendation Medal with V device for Valor during the missile attack after he pulled wounded Soldiers out of the destroyed building while ammunition was exploding. Following Operation Desert Storm He continued to serve in the US Army Reserves, while attending college, where he was commissioned through ROTC as a 2LT in the Field Artillery in 1995. Since 1995, he has served in a multitude of assignments here in the United States and overseas. He was in the 4th Infantry Division where he served as Platoon Leader and a Battery XO for an Artillery Battery, a Fire Support Officer for an Infantry Brigade and Battalion. He commanded Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Bragg, NC, served in Germany as a Public Affairs Officer, and a Field Artillery trainer. In 2007 to 2008 he was in Iraq where he was a Combat Advisor to an Iraqi Infantry Brigade in Karbala, Iraq. While in Iraq he received a bronze star and a Combat Action Badge awarded for fighting against Al-quada in Iraq militants in the southern portion of what was known as the Sunni Triangle. Currently he is stationed out of Fort Carson Colorado with the 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment (the Steel Battalion) which is part of the 4th Light Infantry Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. He is deployed to Western Nuristan, Afghanistan and is the Battalion Executive Officer. He is married to Joy Hawley (Jemma’s Cousin) and they have one daughter and will have one son who is due to be born on the 11th of November.

= = =Awards= = = Bronze Star medal Meritorious service Medal with one Oak Leaf (2 medals) Army Commendation Medal with 3 Oak Leaves and a Bronze V device for Valor (4 medals) Army Achievement medal with one silver oak leaf and 1 bronze oak leave (7 medals) Army reserve achievement medal Army Reserve Meritorious service medal with M device Southwest Asia Service Medal with 3 battle stars National Defense medal (2 medals) Iraqi Campaign medal with 1 campaign star Afghanistan Campaign Medal with 1 Campaign star Liberation of Kuwait medal (Kuwaiti Gov) Liberation of Kuwait (Saudi Arabian Gov) Global War on Terror Service medal Army service Ribbon Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral 2 NATO medal for service in Afghanistan The Combat Action Badge The Parachutist Badge (also known as the Airborne Wings) Meritorious Unit Citation

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