Miller Chris

Chris Miller, from the St. Louis, MO area, graduated high school in 2000 and joined the U.S. Army Reserves a few months later in September of 2000.  After 9/11, being in the military meant so much more, and impacted his life greatly.  He married his girlfriend of two years, Stephanie, in June of 2002, and was deployed six months later on his first stateside deployment in support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  After serving that six month mobilization, Chris came home for one year, and was mobilized again to support the training and readiness of units that were deploying to the Middle East.  While serving in Ft. Riley, KS for over two years, he volunteered to be deployed overseas, and was sent to Ramadi, Iraq in February of 2007.  While in Ramadi, Chris was a Squad Leader and Vehicle Commander for a Route Clearance Platoon in Bravo Company, 321st Engineer Battalion, Task Force Pathfinder.  During his seven month deployment to Iraq, Chris went on 90 route clearance patrols, and in their one year tour the platoon found nearly 120 IEDs, and the company encountered over 300 IEDs.