Greg Kelly

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March 2003: Greg Kelly as seen live on Fox News during Operation Iraqi Freedom

Gregory Raymond Kelly (born December 17, 1968) is a White House correspondent for Fox News Channel, hosting Fox & Friends Weekend.

He is a native of Garden City, New York; His father, Ray , is the current Commissioner of the NYPD. Kelly graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.

He was an A/V 8-B Harrier jump jet pilot for the United States Marine Corps, assigned to VMA-211. During his nine-year active duty military service, Kelly amassed 158 aircraft carrier landings and flew over Iraq in Operation Southern Watch, enforcing the United Nations imposed "No-Fly Zone." He currently holds the rank of Major in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.

Before joining Fox News, Kelly was a political affairs reporter for NY1, in New York City. Prior to his stint there, he served as an anchor for the morning news program at WIVT-TV (ABC) in Binghamton, New York.

In 2003, he provided extensive coverage of Operation Iraqi Freedom as an embedded journalist with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade. He received a minor shrapnel wound to the face when a mortar round exploded near him while crossing the Euphrates River with the 3rd Infantry Division on March 31, 2003. He was the first television journalist to broadcast live pictures of U.S. military forces reaching Baghdad on April 5, 2003. Two days later, Kelly captured another exclusive during the storming of Saddam Hussein's presidential palace.