March 20, 2017

NCLS keynote speaker: ‘Good leaders save lives’

By Ray Bowden, U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs / Published February 27, 2017.   U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Retired Army Col. Greg Gadson said he’s grateful to be alive. Gadson was the keynote speaker here at the annual National Character and Leadership Symposium, Feb. 23. “Good leaders save lives,” he said from his wheelchair on the Arnold Hall stage. Gadson lost his legs after his armored vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Baghdad in May 2007. He was returning from a memorial service for two soldiers in his brigade. “I remember being ejected,” he said. “I remember rolling...

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