Christopher Peacock

Chris, by his own definition, was a bit of a mutt in his military service. Reason being he covered a couple branches, both active duty and reserve. He originally followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the Navy in October of 1994 and was stationed out of Norfolk, VA on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier where he was a part of the Air Department, V2 division... which was a green shirt topside launching aircraft off the flight deck. Shortly after he got out of the Navy, he joined the Iowa National Guard, where he was with the 234th Signal Battalion and then also with D CO 109th Aviation. Also, for two years after 9/11 he was a part of the 160th SOAR(A) Night Stalkers. 2005 he then became a civilian contractor for the government working for the 160th out of Fort Campbell, KY. During his busy yet somewhat short time in the military he completed 5 deployments, which included the Bosnia War, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Jokingly he will say 6 deployments, the toughest one being the 6th, as a contractor he was "forced" to live beachfront in Puerto Rico assisting members of the Pakistani military outfitting older Cobra and Huey helicopters for their purposes. I believe when he says forced he means he had way too good of a time on the taxpayers dollar.

He freely admits he has a hard time when asked what he preferred. Having said that he simply says, I always pull for the Navy during the Army Navy football game. So much so, an entertaining memory he has is being outside of Baghdad in 2003. Surrounded by his brothers in brown watching Army Navy football, he chirped the entire time for the Navy, knowing full well of the individuals around him, he could have been balled him up in a moment's time. But as he states, never let a possible ass kicking get in your way of a good time! All joking aside, Chris cherishes all the brothers and sisters he served with, regardless of the uniform.

Now full on in the civilian world, Chris works as utility foreman - inspector - project manager whatever the heck is needed at the time for an inspection company whose primary purpose is to ensure utility companies are meeting guidelines set forth in a variety of areas. Like the military, he travels often, actually just finished about a 7 week run that took him throughout the Carolinas and Florida. One thing Chris is really proud of is some side projects he has been able to do through his work. Throughout Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin he has been a part of installing roughly 40 handicapped ramps on the houses of disabled Veterans. Which has enabled them to freely get outside of their house on their own or most importantly out of assisted care facilities and back in their homes.

Chris joined the Center Point American Legion 5 years ago where he currently holds the position of Vice Commander. He admits he didn't realize just how much he missed being a part of something bigger than yourself and giving back to those around you. He often has said, I have moved away a few times but something has always brought me back. And that something is home, while of course that centers around family and friends, he believes the Legion is a part of it as well. With the Legion he found that avenue to help others, the comradery of individuals with shared interest and bringing a sense of community back to Center Point. While still more to do he states, "we have some good things going on and more to come". Chris wants to take this opportunity to request all Veterans to check out their local Legions, those with any affiliation to Veterans to check out their local Auxiliary and Sons of the Legion programs. Side step to that, Chris is a huge supporter of the Center Point Volunteer Fire Department where his dad served 47 years to this community. While not a member of the FD, he encourages all to look at them for a sense of volunteerism as well as the Legion family.

Time and effort, time and effort he will say is something that can make everything around you better, cost nothing and pays off huge dividends.

Please join me and thank Chris for his service to our country and community.