CW5 (Ret) Greg Calvert

Chief Warrant Officer Five (CW5, Retired) Greg Calvert was born and raised in Louisville, KY and graduated from high school in Cairo, Egypt. He began his 33 year career Enlisted as both a parachute infantry medic in the 82nd Airborne Division and as a flight paramedic. In 1989 he began his rated flying career by completing Initial Entry Rotary Wing training as a UH-1H and AH-1F pilot. He then transitioned to the UH-60 and back to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC. After serving as a UH-60 Instructor Pilot and Instrument Flight Examiner, he assessed and was selected for service in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky where he served as a Fully Mission Qualified MH-47 pilot, and in a variety of positions from Flight Platoon, to Company Command, all the way up to the Regimental Headquarters staff. He had 17 deployments to Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom during that time. Next, at Fort Rucker, Alabama, he helped stand up the Aircraft Shoot-Down Assessment Team, the Army’s first dedicated combat forensics and aviation-centric intelligence organization, where he served as its Executive Officer, Deployment Team Leader, and Special Operations Liaison Officer, continuing to perform no-notice deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. Selection for Multi-Engine Fixed Wing Training came next, moving forward briefly to serve as the Tactical Operations Officer of the 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation) in Wiesbaden, Germany. He then returned to the Joint Special Operations Command community for the remainder of his career, serving as a Pilot-In-Command operative, Aviation Mission Survivability Officer and Aviation Safety Officer, where he functioned in a variety of worldwide contingency operations including Operation Inherent Resolve.

His professional military education includes The Jungle Expert Course; Reconnaissance Commando Course; Warrant Officer Basic, Advanced, Staff, and Senior Staff Courses; a variety of environmental and situational survival courses; industry and academic coursework in electronic warfare and aircraft survivability systems, to include the Army Electronic Warfare Officer and Tactical Operations Officer Courses, and the Georgia Tech Research Institute; the Special Operations Liaison Element Course; the full catalog of Joint Personnel Recovery Agency coursework; numerous courses and operational experience in investigative forensics with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Joint Combat Assessment Team. He graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science from Excelsior University, with a double major in Atmospheric Sciences and History.

CW5 Calvert is a Fully Mission Qualified Special Operations Master Aviator with credentials in 28 different helicopter, fixed-wing, and non-standard aircraft. He is an Army Instructor Pilot, Instrument Flight Examiner, and an FAA Certificated Flight Instructor. He has over 7000 hours of total flight time including civilian, instruction, flight test, combat, and contingency operations experience. In retirement he formerly flew for a major US airline, private jet charter, and as a Helicopter Emergency Medical Services pilot.

His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with V device for valor, the Purple Heart Medal, Meritorious Service Medals, Joint Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medals, Afghanistan Campaign Ribbons, Iraq Campaign Ribbons, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service Medals, Humanitarian Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, NATO Medal, Multinational Forces and Observers Peacekeeping Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Army Valorous Unit Award, Army Meritorious Unit Award, Army Superior Unit Award, Parachutist Badge, Expert Field Medical Badge, and Master Army Aviator Badge.

He is married and has two children.