The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Sergeant Gregory A. Fulton, United States Army, for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States while serving as a Combat Engineer assigned to the 951st Engineer company in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. On 10 August 2009, First Sergeant Fulton’s element was contacted by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal element who reported they were actively engaged with Anti-Afghan Forces in the city of Pul-E-Alam. First Sergeant Fulton’s element conducted a hasty route clearance to the city, where they were requested to provide a local dismounted security force to assist the Afghan National Army in clearing a building that held insurgents delivering small arms fire. First Sergeant Fulton immediately and without reservation dismounted his vehicle and took charge of an ad-hoc twelve man United States-Afghan assault element. Without regard for his own safety, he led his team into the building to neutralize the enemy forces. The assault team methodically cleared each floor, encountering an increasing amount of small arms fire causing multiple casualties as they closed in on the enemy. Finding themselves in a grave and dangerous situation, First Sergeant Fulton and his team developed an improvised breaching device that allowed them to neutralize the remaining insurgents and clear the building. His heroic actions in the face of the enemy were essential to the overwhelming success of the mission and saved Soldiers’ lives. First Sergeant Fulton’s selfless service reflects great credit upon himself, Task Force PIRATE, Combined Task Force STORM and the United States Army.