big a deal. it is the top of the heap. it is the apex of the career army personnel status to which very few people ever hope to ascend on the enlisted side of the arm ranks. army ranks. this is a pictures of the leadership of the fourth combat brigade of the army s 4th infantritory division based in fort carson, colorado. it s between 3500 and 3800 soldiers not counting a lot of support personnel. on the left, you see here the brigade s commander, colonel james mingus on the right is the command sergeant major. in this case, it is kevin griffin. the leaders of the entire 4th brigade combat team were targets of a suicide attack in kunar province in afghanistan. two suicide bombers reportedly detonated explosive vests as these two soldiers walked to a meeting with afghan officials. the brigade commander colonel
the army ranks. this is a picture of the leadership of the fourth combat brigade of the army s fourth infantry division based in fort carson, colorado. it s between 3500 and 3800 soldiers not counting a lot of support personnel. on the left, you see here the brigade s commander, colonel james mingus on the right is the command sergeant major. the rank i just explained. command saturday major, in this case, it is kevin j. griffin. both of these two men specifically, the leaders of the entire 4th brigade combat team were targets of a suicide attack in kunar province in afghanistan. two suicide bombers reportedly detonated explosive vests as these two soldiers walked to a meeting with afghan officials and tribal chiefs. the brigade commander colonel mingus was not injured in the attack but command sergeant major griffin was killed. that makes him the most senior
it mook metook me awhile to lea. there are two separate career paths in the u.s. army. this shows the officer career path for commissioned officers through officer candidate school or rotc or the service academy at west point for the army. you can start on the officer career path that starts at 2nd lieutenant, then 1st lieutenant, then captain, then major, then lieutenant colonel and a full bird colonel and then you re a general, one star and two star and so on. there is also a separate career pathing with different ranks for what they call enlisted personnel. this means you don t start at officer candidate school or rotc or west point. you enlist as a private. and then from there, the ranks rise through private first class and then specialist and then sergeant and staff sergeant, then sergeant first class, master sergeant, first sergeant, sergeant major and then command sergeant major. technically, there is one rank
not the private in question. he in fact is a captain. some of the stuff we just absorb even if we re civilians, we just absorb it through the news and movies and culture. it is worth appreciating though one important distinction about personnel in the u.s. army that we civilians i think don t always get. it took me awhile to learn it. there are two separate career paths in the u.s. army. this shows the officer career path for commissioned officers through officer candidate school or rotc or the service academy at west point for the army. you can start on the officer career path that starts at 2nd lieutenant, then 1st lieutenant, then captain, then major, then lieutenant colonel and a full bird colonel and then you re a general, one star and two star and so on. that s the career path. there is also a separate career path with different ranks for what they call enlisted personnel. this means you don t start at officer candidate school or rotc or west point. you enlist as a private. and t