GRETA VISBY’S SERVICE BIOGRAPHY
Private Greta Visby in 1995 ‘C’, during her Marine Corps boot camp training.
Present rank (March 1998 ‘C’): Sergeant. In command of 1st Rifle Squad/3rd Rifle Platoon/Bravo Company/1st Marine Battalion/6th Marine Regiment.
Personal information:
- Born February 9, 1976 ‘C’ in Skaulo, Sweden (Lapland Region). Emigrated with her father to the United States (Nome, Alaska) in 1990 ‘C’.
- 177 cm, blond hair, blue eyes. Athletic. Strong for a woman (practices weightlifting).
- Enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1995 ‘C’. Boot camp training in Camp Lejeune (N.C.), then affectation to 1st Battalion/6th Marine Regiment in Camp Lejeune.
- Speaks Swedish, English, Finnish, Inuktitut (limited) and Somali (limited).
- Experienced hunter, trapper, fisherman (line fishing) and outdoors person.
- Practices Krav Maga (Blue Belt), both in unit training and on personal time at a Krav Maga club off base. Certified rifle sharpshooter and pistol marksman.
- Owns one SVD DRAGUNOV 7.62 X 54R sniper rifle (Somalia war booty), one DESERT EAGLE .44 Magnum pistol (Somalia war booty), one FN Five-Seven 5.7mm pistol (bought in U.S.A.), one GLOCK 26 9mm sub-compact pistol (bought in U.S.A.) and Spetsnaz Ballistic Knife (bought in Galkayo, Somalia). Also owns an illegal pair of ‘knuckle Dusters’ fingerless leather gloves with steel knuckles (taken from dead Somali thug).
Service history:
- Enlisted in the Marine Corps in January 1995 ‘C’.
- Boot camp training in Camp Lejeune in 1995 ‘C’.
- Affectation to 3rd Rifle Platoon/Bravo Company/1st Battalion/6th Marine Regiment after successful completion of boot camp training. Still part of 3rd Rifle Platoon as of March 1998 ‘C’.
- Part of Marine Expeditionary Force during the Caucasus War (embarked on battle-carrier U.S.S. NEPTUNE), from January 8 to January 23 of 1996 ‘C’. Ground combat actions in Armenia and the C.I.R. Promoted in the field to PFC for outstanding combat performance during the raid on the Kapustin Yar ICBM Complex. Then sailed on the NEPTUNE to the South China Sea area during the Paracels Incident, but did not land and stayed on the ship until its return to the U.S.A. in April of 1996 ‘C’.
- Routine training with 1st Battalion/6th Marine Regiment in Camp Lejeune from April to September 1996 ‘C’.
- Embarks with her battalion on the Battle-carrier U.S.S. NEPTUNE in October, 1996 ‘C’, for a routine at-sea deployment. Participates in air assault on the Somali airfield at Cadaado on November 2, conducted to rescue the passengers and crews of two hijacked civilian airliners which were forced to land there.
- PFC Visby is still embarked on the NEPTUNE when the U.S.A. – Russia Nuclear Crisis starts on November 10, 1996 ‘C’, but her unit is not deployed on the ground and stays at sea during the brief war.
- Return to Camp Lejeune in February 1997 ‘C’ and routine training on base. Greta is promoted to Corporal during that period, for excellent performance of duty.
- Corporal Visby embarks with her battalion on the landing ship U.S.S. GUADALCANAL on November 01, 1997 ‘C’, and leaves for anti-piracy operations off Somalia.
- Amphibious assault on Harardhere, Somalia, on November 9, by 1st Battalion. Corporal Visby lands with her platoon in an AACV-8A armored amphibian. She distinguished herself during the battle for Harardhere, kills local warlord as he tries to flee in an armored Range Rover and thus earns the Navy Commendation Medal for her actions.
- Corporal Visby participates in the battle of Eyl on November 12, again distinguishes herself by blocking a convoy of Islamist extremists from attacking her battalion and leading a bayonet charge by her fire team. She gets promoted in the field to Sergeant and ultimately earns the Silver Star for her bayonet charge. The next day, she gets a temporary commotion from the blast of a suicide truck bomb, will earn the Purple Heart for that.
- On November 16, Greta’s platoon flies to the town of Galkayo (Central Somalia), with the mission of protecting an ICRC team and hospital from local militiamen.
- On November 19, Greta and two marines escort an ICRC doctor to one of the refugee camps around Galkayo. During that visit, a group of militiamen try to rob the doctor but Greta and her marines kill them. She confiscates a gold-plated DESERT EAGLE pistol on that occasion. This triggers a night attack by the local warlord’s gunmen on the hospital. However, the marines are prepared and ready and inflict a bloody defeat on the army of gunmen.
- Greta returns to the United States with her battalion in early March, 1998 ‘C’, after serving and fighting in Somalia for four months, goes to Nome, Alaska, to visit her father during her 3-week vacation.
Medals and awards earned (in order of precedence):
- Silver Star
- Purple Heart
- Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
- Combat Action Ribbon
- Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Unit Commendation
- Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
- Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
- Somalia Anti-piracy Campaign Medal
- Caucasus War Medal
- Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
- Overseas Service Ribbon
- Navy Rifle Sharpshooter’s Ribbon
- Navy Pistol Marksman’s Ribbon
