Command Leader Visits Troops in Afghanistan

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Grippe, command senior enlisted leader for U.S. Central Command, speaks with soldiers on a foot patrol in the Panjwai district of southern Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2012. Grippe visited the soldiers as part of his visit to Regional Command South. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matt Young
  • U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Grippe, left, command senior enlisted leader for U.S. Central Command, speaks with soldiers before stepping off on a foot patrol in the Panjwai district of southern Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matt Young
  • U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Grippe, left, command senior enlisted leader for U.S. Central Command, speaks to soldiers on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2012. The soldiers are senior enlisted leaders assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ashley Curtis
  • U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Grippe, command senior enlisted leader for U.S. Central Command, looks on as soldiers conduct atmospherics with Afghans while on a foot patrol in the Panjwai district of southern Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matt Young
  • U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Grippe, command senior enlisted leader for U.S. Central Command, talks with soldiers after conducting a foot patrol in the Panjwai district of southern Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matt Young
  • U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Grippe, left, command senior enlisted leader for U.S. Central Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. Edd Watson, 3rd Infantry Division and Regional Command South command sergeant major, enjoy some chow at the Carbon Rod Cafe after conducting a foot patrol in the Panjwai district of southern Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matt Young
  • U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Grippe, command senior enlisted leader for U.S. Central Command, speaks with Command Master Chief Jared Akers and his hospital corpsmen at the multinational hospital at Kandahar Airfield, Sept. 23, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matt Young
  • U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Grippe, right, command senior enlisted leader for U.S. Central Command, gives a coin to Sgt. Uribe Vence, a patient at the multinational hospital at Kandahar Airfield, Sept. 23, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ashley Curtis
  • U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Grippe, left, command senior-enlisted leader for U.S. Central Command, speaks with soldiers at the end of his visit on Kandahar Airfield, Sept. 23, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to 4th Brigade, 401st Army Field Support Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ashley Curtis