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CSM Kevin J. Griffin
A senior Army leader was killed and another badly wounded in a suicide bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official told NBC News.
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Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Griffin, the most senior enlisted soldier for the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, was killed and Brigade Commander Col. James J. Mingus was badly wounded.
A U.S. military official said the U.S. troops were on their way to a key leader engagement when a suicide bomber detonated his vest, killing two soldiers, an airman, and wounding Mingus.
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While their names may be not be well known, U.S. officials consider this a significant attack because the brigade leadership taken out by a suicide bomber.
Griffin, 45, of Riverton, Wyo., was a Bronze Star recipient who first enlisted in the Army in 1988.
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Mingus, a highly decorated officer who served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is a former professor of military science at the University of Tennessee and Commander of the 4th Ranger Training Battalion.
Maj. Thomas E. Kennedy, 35, of West Point, N.Y., was also killed.
Air Force Maj. Walter D. Gray, 38, of Conyers, Ga. was also killed in the attack in Kunar province. His identity had previously been released by the Pentagon.
The soldiers were all assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division based in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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In: Afghanistan
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u mean homicidal bomber.
Posted Aug-10-2012 ByNeinkenheimer (650.76) Neinkenheimer View Channel Send Message
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rip
Posted Aug-11-2012 Bymatwert (110.80) 
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Well you just pissed off the wrong army.
Posted Aug-10-2012 Byggppgg (900.50) 
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@ggppgg
The US military is retreating from Afghanistan, they will all be gone by 2014.
Posted Aug-10-2012 Bywerdum12 (254.00) 
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Clowns like you are just thankful that the crybaby lefists in America shackle our mighty military with liberal
ROE.
If the US still used the great ROE of the old days, the entire ME and persia would be nothing more than rubble.
arabs and muzzlumms and their weak fighting nature have nothing to do with the US's level of success in afghanistan, iraq or anywhere else.
Posted Aug-10-2012 Byshark44 (518.96) 
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I thought generals are 'senior army leaders', not sarjents.
Posted Aug-10-2012 Bymarkwheatley38 (80.50) markwheatley38 View Channel Send Message
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@markwheatley38
it's spelled Sergeants.
Senior leader means high ranking, which refers to enlisted personnel also.
In the enlisted ranks, usually E-8 & E-9
constitutes "high or senior leaders".
In officer ranks, usually O-4(Major) and above means senior leader to some degree.
At O-5(Lt.Colonel) and above you start the
steps upward toward the General ranks that are so well known.
Military personnel do not have to be Generals to be considered senior leaders.
Posted Aug-10-2012 Byshark44 (518.96) 
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@shark44 Fair enough. But if you think about how many ranks are above a sargeant, then how many are below him you'd see he was far more junior than senior.
Posted Aug-10-2012 Bymarkwheatley38 (80.50) markwheatley38 View Channel Send Message
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@markwheatley38 You have no idea what you're talking about.
Posted Aug-13-2012 Bymk3mitch (21.14) 
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@mk3mitch The British army ranking system goes pretty much like this;
Field Marshal
General
Lieutenant General
Brigadier
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Regimental Sargeant Major
Company Sargeant Major
Staff Sargeant
Corporal
Lance Corporal
Private
Now, given that American ranks can't be that different from British, I would suggest, and I'm sure you'll notice that the rank 'sargeant' is much nearer the bottom of the list than the top. Thus he is more of a More..
Posted Aug-14-2012 Bymarkwheatley38 (80.50) markwheatley38 View Channel Send Message
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@markwheatley38 A CSM in the Army may be technically lower than a 2nd LT, but he is the 05 or 06's right hand man putting down orders to all the other enlisted guys. No one in the Army is going to call an E9 anything other than high ranking. And a fairly senior NCO? I'd say the most senior NCO you can get.
Posted Aug-14-2012 Bymk3mitch (21.14) 
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That's horrible... Praying for the families...
Posted Aug-10-2012 ByILovePickles (429.46) 
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The WOT has been the safest war by far for the USA...More soldier die in car accidents in the USA in ONE YEAR, than have died in combat with the muslim hordes in 11 years! LOL!
Thats the cold hard facts...US troops are basically using the terrorists as training tools, and they are SAFER in combat with jihadis than they are at home driving to the movie theatre! LMFAO!
That has GOT to hurt your feelings! HAHAH!
Posted Aug-10-2012 ByVikingRapeSquad (1335.00) 
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Big time breach in security. The taliban are using new stategies like infiltrating the ANA/ANP to attack NATO. I wonder if something like this occurred in this incident?
Posted Aug-10-2012 ByIsrael_Capitalism1 (63.10) 
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Too bad this report is unverified. Col Mingus was NOT injured in the blast.
These 2 "trained" suicide bombers only killed 3 soldiers. Not very good odds if you ask me.
We'll find more of their "Mujahadeen" brothers in the mountains and kill them in numbers WITHOUT sacrificing ourselves. Try that Taliban. We will find you, and we will keep killing you.
Posted Aug-11-2012 Byaproudinfidel2012 (0.00) 
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I hope that motherfucker rot in hell!!!!!
Posted Aug-10-2012 Bychinpokomon23 (10.40) 
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The US military is always making excuses for their failures, they just need to admit they could not defeat the Taliban and fuck off home.
Even the American public now understands that the Afghan occupation has been a huge blunder.
Posted Aug-10-2012 Bywerdum12 (254.00) 
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@werdum12 I commented up by accident. The US military did not fail, the bureaucrats who want to occupy that shit hole did.
Posted Aug-10-2012 Bydavele (74.80) 
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@werdum12 it really must suck to be so ignorant, bitter, jealous and insecure of the united states :)
Posted Aug-10-2012 ByVikingRapeSquad (1335.00) 
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Great news. He looks like a redneck piece of sh*t. Rot in hell lol.
Posted Aug-10-2012 ByAli187 (142.00) 
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too bad it wasn't some persian donkey instead
Posted Aug-10-2012 By72_virgins_no_more (733.12) 72_virgins_no_more View Channel Send Message
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@72_virgins_no_more We don't invade other countries so it won't happen.
Posted Aug-10-2012 ByAli187 (142.00) 
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Sad for his family but unfortuntally his death is important for the peace.
More USA soldiers killed its more steps for the peace on this world.
Posted Aug-10-2012 ByAnthrax BR (222.44) 
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no, his death in that shithole is completely meaningless except to say that shithole will remain a shithole for the foreseeable future, and it is futile to try to make it any other way.
Posted Aug-10-2012 By72_virgins_no_more (733.12) 72_virgins_no_more View Channel Send Message
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LOL: Great days in deed. Every day better news. Thanks a lot.
Posted Aug-10-2012 ByAfganBushWacker (22.60) 
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Ans CSM griffin's life is worth than yours and all your Satan-worshipping buddies' lives combined.
He is hailed as a hero, and loved by the free world...
you and your ilk, you're hated by most everyone on Earth other than your muzzlumm sexgoat.
Posted Aug-10-2012 Byshark44 (518.96) 
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God's Speed CSM Griffin.
Posted Mar-11-2013 By999YDStare (177.70) 
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