Sean Swindell
Sean Swindell | |
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Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Army |
Rank | Major General |
Commands held | Special Operations Joint Task Force–Afghanistan Special Operations Joint Task Force–Bragg |
Battles/wars | Gulf War War in Afghanistan Iraq War |
Awards | Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal |
Sean P. Swindell is a United States Army major general who serves as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training since July 2020. He previously served as the Special Assistant to the Director of the Army Staff from September 2019 to July 2020. He was the commander in charge of a bungled airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that left 42 civilians dead in 2015.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government.
- ^ "Major General Sean P. Swindell – General Officer Management Office". www.gomo.army.mil. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Command group receives warm welcome". www.army.mil. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Providing a home for a 7th Group hero this holiday season". DVIDS. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Whistleblower: US General Sean Swindell bears responsibility for deadly Kunduz hospital attack". Mondoweiss. May 19, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ McLeary, Paul. "Exclusive: U.S. Military Readies Punishments for Botched Afghan Airstrike". Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Swindell Assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command". SIGNAL Magazine. April 27, 2016. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
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