Unstoppable: How Retired Colonel Gregory D. Gadson Has Redefined Success While Navigating Society With The Loss Of Both Legs & Normal Use Of Both Arms

An interview with Kelly Reeves

Don’t feel sorry for us, we’re gonna be just fine. Simply put there’s no need for anyone to feel sorry for those with physical challenges or limitations.

As a part of our “Unstoppable” series, we had the pleasure of interviewing Greg Gadson.

COL (ret.) Greg Gadson is an entrepreneur, a motivational speaker and veteran advocate. The 26-year career Army officer and former West Point football player was wounded in Baghdad, Iraq in May of 2007. The double, above-the-knee amputee then continued to serve as Director of the Army’s Wounded Warrior Program, later retiring as the Garrison Commander of Fort Belvoir in 2014. He’s grateful his wounds do not define him and he considers each day of his life, blessed.

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I was raised mostly in Chesapeake, Virginia — my dad was a pharmacist, mom was a…