Posted on Sep 23, 2016
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TITLE: 1st Infantry Division commander suspended pending investigation
The commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division has been suspended pending an investigation, the Army confirmed Friday.
Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby “is currently the subject of an official investigation, and we cannot comment further at this time,” an Army official said in a statement.
Army officials declined to provide any additional information, including the nature of the investigation.
Grigsby took command of the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas, in August 2015, according to his official bio.
He has served as the special assistant to the Army’s deputy chief of staff for operations (G-3/5/7) in Washington, D.C., and as the commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
He also spent time as the deputy commanding general of operations for the 1st Armored Division, the director of the Mission Command Center of Excellence, and the director of the School of Advanced Military Studies Program.
Grigsby commanded 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, leading his soldiers on a deployment to Iraq during the 2007 surge. He also served as commander of 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment.
A School of Advanced Military Studies graduate, Grigsby’s awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Legion of Merit with five oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters and the Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. He has earned the Expert and Combat Infantryman badges, the Senior Parachutist Badge, and the Ranger tab.
The commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division has been suspended pending an investigation, the Army confirmed Friday.
Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby “is currently the subject of an official investigation, and we cannot comment further at this time,” an Army official said in a statement.
Army officials declined to provide any additional information, including the nature of the investigation.
Grigsby took command of the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas, in August 2015, according to his official bio.
He has served as the special assistant to the Army’s deputy chief of staff for operations (G-3/5/7) in Washington, D.C., and as the commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
He also spent time as the deputy commanding general of operations for the 1st Armored Division, the director of the Mission Command Center of Excellence, and the director of the School of Advanced Military Studies Program.
Grigsby commanded 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, leading his soldiers on a deployment to Iraq during the 2007 surge. He also served as commander of 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment.
A School of Advanced Military Studies graduate, Grigsby’s awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Legion of Merit with five oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters and the Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. He has earned the Expert and Combat Infantryman badges, the Senior Parachutist Badge, and the Ranger tab.
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I saw this earlier. Still no idea what he has been charged with. NEVER make the Big Red One look bad! Never.
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SGT Damaso V Santana
Could be, too many times, don't you think? and by the way IT Pup, it is "Mary Poppins", not Mud Puppy! There are others, not printable.
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No but I wish I did. Smells foul to me. Sounds like someone is making a false allegation trying to bring this man down.
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Not again. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL there have been a lot of leaders in the military investigated in the past 8 years. I would love to see senior "civil servants" investigated as thoroughly as the military does their own.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 Charlie Poulton CSM Charles Hayden CW5 (Join to see) SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt Robert Marx TSgt Joe C. SGT (Join to see) SGT Robert Hawks SGT Robert George SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Forrest Stewart SP5 Mark Kuzinski SrA Christopher Wright SPC (Join to see) Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 Charlie Poulton CSM Charles Hayden CW5 (Join to see) SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt Robert Marx TSgt Joe C. SGT (Join to see) SGT Robert Hawks SGT Robert George SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Forrest Stewart SP5 Mark Kuzinski SrA Christopher Wright SPC (Join to see) Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
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SGT Damaso V Santana
This administration has instituted a "Caste" system, destroy the military and protect hillary, irs,and so on and so on, they are the "Untouchables"
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CSM Charles Hayden
LTC Stephen F. Are you referring to the IRS Director or the State Dept minions who have lesser memories than HRC?
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LTC Stephen F.
CSM Charles Hayden - when I wrote "I would love to see senior "civil servants" investigated as thoroughly as the military does their own" I am referring to all politically appointed "civil servants." That certainly includes the current IRS commissioner, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, etc.
I remember how VP Spiro Agnew was verbally tarred and feathered by the press. However, it is rare if ever that a liberal civil servant or elected official would be castigated by the press of investigated by Federal investigators.
I remember how VP Spiro Agnew was verbally tarred and feathered by the press. However, it is rare if ever that a liberal civil servant or elected official would be castigated by the press of investigated by Federal investigators.
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This is getting rediculous. There's more behind these reductions than what the public is being told. There's just too many, in such a short time, to not be investigated. If it's retribution for not playing with the big boys, we'll never know. If they are investigated, whoever investigates, will be demoted, or disappear. IMHO
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