AARP Wyoming Honors Phipps as Hero Of The Game

AARP Wyoming and the College of Wyoming will honor Colonel Gregory Phipps as its “Hero of The Recreation,” through the Wyoming soccer crew’s contest with the Air Pressure Academy on Friday, Sept. 16.

Phipps might be honored through the recreation with a presentation on the sphere, in addition to on the social media feeds for each AARP Wyoming and College of Wyoming Athletics. 

Col. Phipps, retired in 2017, most just lately served because the Joint Operations Officer for the Wyoming Navy Division and was answerable for planning, synchronizing, and assist for joint operations and Nationwide Guard assist to civil authorities. 

Phipps started his profession by enlisting as a cannon crew member with the A Battery, 1-Forty ninth artillery in 1989. He would later graduate from the Wyoming Navy Academy’s Officer Candidate Faculty and later from the US Military Warfare School with a Grasp’s diploma in Strategic Research. He would go on to carry a lot of command positions within the area artillery group in Gillette, Lovell, Sheridan, Worland, Thermopolis and Casper earlier than transferring to Cheyenne in 2007.

A fight veteran, Phipps commanded 2-Three hundredth Area Artillery Safety Forces Ahead in assist of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006; His unit acquired a Meritorious Unit Quotation for the mission excellence. Colonel Phipps is a extremely adorned soldier having earned the Legion of Advantage, Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal with one silver oak leaf cluster, The Military Commendation Medal with one silver oak cluster, The Military Achievement Medal with one silver oak cluster, The Iraqi Marketing campaign medal with two bronze marketing campaign stars, the Fight Motion Badge and plenty of many extra. 

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