Clothing company pays homage to first all-Black paratrooper regiment

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Clothing company pays homage to first all-Black paratrooper regiment
By Rachael Riley, The Fayetteville Observer
Nov 14, 12:00 PM
Former Special Forces officer Ruben "Rubz" Ayala joined with retired Master Sgt. Chris "Smurf" McPhee, Master Sgt. Kuther "Rod" Graham and 1st Sgt. Curtez "Curt" Riggs to start Triple Nikel Apparel. (Facebook/Triple Nikel Apparel)

This story was first published in the Fayetteville Observer.

As the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the country and stories circulated about the police killings of George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor along with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, four veterans whose early military careers were with the 82nd Airborne Division asked themselves how they could promote unity.

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] Sgt (Join to see) SPC Michael Terrell A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace CPL LaForest Gray SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM PV2 Larry Sellnow SPC Gary C. SPC (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland SGT Jim Arnold Amn Dale Preisach SGT Ruben Lozada Lt Col Charlie Brown