SPC CHRISTOPHER OCHS Huron Township, MI Mission Accomplished on Aug. 16, 2014 Army Specialist Christopher Ochs was on his first deployment when he became paralyzed after the truck he was riding in struck an improvised explosive device (IED) while on a patrol in Mehter Lam, Afghanistan on April 6, 2011. While returning from an Afghan Police Station after a patrol, SPC Ochs was in the turret of the first truck in a four vehicle convoy. The force of the…
SPC Steven Baskis Montrose, CO Mission Accomplished on Sept. 22, 2018 On May 13, 2008, Army Specialist Steven Baskis, an Infantryman, was on a patrol as part of the personal security detachment for division leadership with Delta Company, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division in Baghdad, Iraq, when an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) detonated next to his vehicle. The blast resulted in the complete loss of his vision, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and nerve damage to his left arm. The…
…he left for basic training. Two years later, Army Specialist Arriaga went on his first tour to Afghanistan. On Nov. 20, 2010, five months into his first deployment, SPC Arriaga experienced another life-changing event. While serving as a mechanic with the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, SPC Arriaga became paralyzed from the neck down in a vehicle rollover. Medically retired, Ignacio has since regained some use of his arms and relearned how to do things for himself, but still faced many…
SPC Christopher Brooks Bristol, VA Christopher Brooks remembers coming home from school on 9/11 to his mother crying in front of the television. He immediately felt it was his calling to serve his country. In October 2002, at the age of nineteen, he enlisted in the Army. On March 7, 2007, Specialist Brooks, on his second combat deployment, was serving with the 1451st Transportation Company as a Motor Transport Operator when the vehicle he was driving hit an improvised…
…position. In addition to his head wound, he sustained severe internal and external injuries and was placed in a medically induced coma before returning stateside to Walter Reed Medical Center. Once stable, he was transferred to the Palo Alto VA Medical Center where he began rehabilitation, including regaining his speaking and cognitive abilities. In 2016, Jordan elected to have doctors amputate his right leg below the knee. Jordan and his wife, Sarah, are parents to Tatom, Tenley, Kayden, and Jett….
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