Eldon Bargewell
Maj. Gen. Eldon A. Bargewell is a general in the US Army who is currently pursuing an outside administrative investigation as to how knowledge of the Haditha massacre in Iraq passed up the Marine chain of command and whether or not any commanders lied in their reports. The ongoing investigation, titled AR-15-6, began on March 19, 2006 and is expected to call for changes in how US troops are trained in its final report. [1] [2] This is separate from a criminal investigation being conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Bargewell was born in Hoquiam, Washington and graduated from Hoquiam High School in 1965. [3]
During the Vietnam War Bargewell was a non-commissioned officer of the secret unit MACV-SOG and received a Distinguished Service Cross for his actions. [4] He went on to be a founding officer and commander of the Combat Applications Group or Delta Force at Fort Bragg, North Carolina [5] [6], assistant chief of staff for SFOR military operations in Sarajevo [7], and the director of operations, plans, and policies of US Special Operations Command [8].
Notes
- ^ "No direct link ties Marine to deaths" by Denver Post Staff Writers, Denver Post
- ^ "Haditha probe finds false reports" by Thomas E. Ricks, The Washington Post
- ^ Gray's Harbor's Culture of Success
- ^ List of Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross
- ^ Discover Fayetteville
- ^ Department of Defense
- ^ Department of Defense
- ^ Special Operations Warrior Foundation News Archive