Spc. Collin Jackson, a fire support specialist with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, received the Bronze Star Medal with a V device at Fort Bliss, Texas, July 11, 2019, for valorous acts during Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan.
Jackson was attached to Special Forces Operations Detachment A as an infantry uplift soldier on August 16, 2017. That day, he and his teammates found themselves under heavy fire from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria at Mohmand Valley, Southern Nangarhar, Afghanistan.
Jackson moved wounded personnel to a casualty collection point, assisted with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and returned fire with a 60mm mortar, destroying...
Hosted by the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, the event gave business leaders an insight to the division’s military mission and how the local region balances that mission through Soldier and family support.
Keynote speaker Maj. Gen. Patrick E. Matlock, the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss commanding general, reflected on the strength of each ‘Iron Soldier’ and their supporting units.
