Sean Swindell

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Sean Swindell
Official portrait, 2016
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army
RankMajor General
Commands heldSpecial Operations Joint Task Force–Afghanistan
Special Operations Joint Task Force–Bragg
Battles/warsGulf War
War in Afghanistan
Iraq War
AwardsDefense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal

Sean Patrick Swindell[1] is a retired United States Army major general who last served as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training from July 2020 to September 2023. 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.[2][3][4][5][6]

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government.

  1. ^ "General and Flag Officers – The Citadel Alumni Association".
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Command group receives warm welcome". www.army.mil. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  4. ^ "Providing a home for a 7th Group hero this holiday season". DVIDS. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  5. ^ McLeary, Paul (January 15, 2016). "Exclusive: U.S. Military Readies Punishments for Botched Afghan Airstrike". Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  6. ^ "Swindell Assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command". Afcea International. April 27, 2016. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
Military offices
Preceded by Commander of the Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan
2015–2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of Force Structure, Requirements, Resources and Strategic Assessment of the United States Special Operations Command
2016–2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by
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Special Assistant to the Director of the Army Staff
2019–2020
Succeeded by
Preceded by Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training of the United States Army
2020–2023
Succeeded by