Christian would go on to join the Air Force as a Combat Search and Rescue Aerial Gunner on-board HH-60G Pavehawk Helicopters. He would serve on three combat deployments to Afghanistan and multiple countries in East Africa with focus on MEDEVAC, CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue), as well as supporting Special Operations assets in Direct Action and AAA roles across all theatres.

In between deployments, Christian would be activated by the California Air National Guard in multiple roles including helicopter firefighting, wildland fire MEDEVAC, as well as attaching to local and federal authorities such as the California Counter Drug Department, FBI, DEA, and CBP.

Serving under multiple roles and integrating with different agencies gave Christian the opportunity to become a more well-rounded aviator and operator. Christian would eventually be medically retire after 11 years of service, reaching the rank of E-6, accumulating over 1600 flight hours and 300+ rescues, 150+ combat missions, and 9 Air Medals.

Outside of the military, Christian has always had a passion for adventure and excitement. He began skydiving in 2016 which immediately turned into his full-time passion. To date Christian has over 2000 skydives and holds ratings as a USPA Coach, Instructor, and UPT Sigma Tandem Instructor with over 1000 tandem skydives. Skydiving lead to Christian’s first taste in business: he began volunteering at a non-profit that taught combat wounded veterans how to skydive, eventually becoming the President of the Board of Directors. During his tenure, over 100 veterans were directly impacted and either learned to skydive or got a taste of it with an introductory jump.

During Christian’s final combat deployment in 2018 he had came up with the idea for Terra Arma. He saw a deficit that needed to be corrected with uncomfortable uniform base layers. He developed two proprietary fabrics out of entirely reclaimed and recycled materials that make up a primary bulk of Terra Arma’s products. Terra Arma is now taking military clothing by storm, as they outfit many Air Force and Army special operations branches, rescue squadrons, and an extensive amount of support units.

Christian is the Founder of Terra Arma and works full time as the Chief Product Officer, and host on The Medevac Podcast.

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