(Fort) Carson loses high-ranking officer in Iraq (second-in-command officer)

[sabra]

http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1326218&secid=1

Carson loses high-ranking officer in Iraq

The second-in-command officer of Fort Carson’s 3,800-soldier 2nd Brigade Combat Team was killed in Iraq last week, the military announced today.

Lt. Col. Eric J. Kruger, 40, of Garland, Texas, is the highest-ranking officer from Fort Carson to die in the war.

Kruger, deputy commander of the 2nd BCT, was killed when the Humvee he was riding in was struck by a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad. Also killed were Lt. Col. Paul J. Finken, 40, of Mason City, Iowa, and Staff Sgt. Joseph A. Gage, 28, of Modesto, Calif.

“It has been difficult to say the least,” said Maj. Sean Ryan, of the 2nd BCT, in an e-mail from Iraq this morning.

[krispos42]

1. Jeez, two Lieutenant Colonels

I don't know what to say, except "rest in peace".

[Ian David]

2. Curious that he timed his death to right before the election.

He must have really hated America.

We're up to 2,836 dead already.

[independentpiney]

3. They're going after our number twos?

Wonder where they got that idea.

[NOLADEM]

4. Milk meets nose.