Sgt. 1st Class Chad Stephens doesn't consider himself a hero. He just says he's someone "who takes care of his soldiers."
According to the citation, during combat operations Stephens "heroically and without regard for his personal safety, led his platoon in heavy combat with enemy attempting to control the city. After fighting through two ambushes, he led his platoon to a casualty collection point to treat the wounded. To evacuate the gunner of his wingman, Stephens crossed 50 meters in open terrain while small arms impacted him as he ran." The citation stated that Stephens mounted the turret and retrieved a soldier from the hatch and lowered him to waiting medics as rounds hit the vehicle and other soldiers drove to safety. Stephens returned in his Bradley fighting vehicle under continuing fire. He reorganized the platoon and led a move to a forward operating base even as his vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and his gunner was severely wounded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:219176 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
