Greg Melvin was born on February 9, 1968 in Nashville, Tennessee. On July 14,1990 He married Lynnesay Arendse. And on April 6, 2005 they had a daughter named Sommer Melvin. Greg served in the Marine Corps from 1997 to 1991 he was deployed numerous times. Here's one of his first deployment experience told in his own words “We got off the plane in Saudi Arabia and we weren’t used to, we sucked in our first breath of air in Rhiad, and half of our platoon hit their knees. It’s like sucking in fire and can you imagine being stuck in the middle of a fire and taking a breath and your lungs burning? That’s how it was in Saudi Arabia.” Here are some more experiences from his account “And as far as it goes, it was interesting to see them land the Harrier …show more content…
So they put that in the middle there and they light it up and the CS Gas begins to burn up and fill the chambers and then they get guys who are starting to freak out. Because with CS gas you can't breathe. You got your gas mask on, so everyones sitting there laughing and joking around “haha” and they're watching you until they tell you it's time to take off your mask. Then the guys really started to freak out, because a guy that cant breathe is a terrified guy. So we are all running around the gas chamber and they are looking at you to make sure you don’t cheat. So, once your mask comes off, the CS gas burns all the air up. Once they opened the door, guys either were walking out or being dragged out. They watched you to make sure that you haven’t held your breath. The gas also brings everything out, including puke and mucus. It's Terrible