Chris Ferguson served as an infantryman for 10 years in the United States Marine Corps. Chris served three tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan with two others serving in MEU’s in various places in the south pacific. Chris served with the Second Battalion 4th Marines, 5th Marine regiment, 1st Marine Divisionalso known as “The Magnificent Bastards” during his time of service. He was recognized as one of the longest serving Non-Commissioned Officers to serve 10 years in a single unit at the time. Chris served in Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2004 also known as the “Battle of Ramadi” where 32 Marines and 1 Navy Corpsman lost their lives and many more wounded by end of the deployment. Chris also continued his service with other deployments to include a second deployment in Iraq in 2006- 2007 during the surge and conducted combat operations in the Haditha triad area doing sweep and clear operations across multiple towns and villages. Chris then deployed to the south pacific on two separate Marine Expeditionary Units to various countries to include Africa, Australia, Japan, Philippines, and other countries like UAE. On one of those MEU’s, Chris was the PSD element’s platoon commander that was responsible for the security of high ranking officials and U.S diplomats abroad. The MEU conducted combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2012 Chris deployed to Afghanistan with Second Battalion 4th Marines and was positioned in the northern Helmand region in Musa Qala. Chris was honorably discharged June of 2013 at the rank of Sergeant and current operating in Sheridan, Wyoming. Chris dedicates his time in helping veterans decompress and overcome the struggles they have. Chris enjoys hunting and fishing and living the peaceful life as one can. Chris has reached out to Trieven kennels to provide him a service dog to assist him in his hunting and everyday activities. Chris has been paired with Hunter, a 1 year old black lab male. Hunter keeps chris’s mindset right and keeps him calm through his day to day activities. Hunter also aids chris in one of his most favorite activities of hunting which also gives chris a great purpose to keep pushing forward and helping other veterans as best he can. Thank you Chris for your service.
