JACKSON, Miss. The Mississippi Army National Guard says a guardsman from Brandon was killed in Afghanistan.
Staff Sergeant Christopher L- Robinson was killed yesterday when he was shot during a combat patrol near the Sangain District of Afghanistan. Robinson was 36.
That's according to Lieutenant Colonel Tim Powell.
Robinson was a member of the guard's Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group based in Jackson.
Major General Harold Cross -- the adjutant general of Mississippi -- says it's a reminder of the high cost of freedom.
About 160 members of the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces were mobilized as part of Operation Enduring Freedom last September. They arrived in Afghanistan in January.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Aside from us, it seems as though the only bastards here fighting for their country are the Taliban & Al Queda. The convoy was ambushed & came under small arms fire. The ANA (Afghan National Army) jumped in the ditch & cowarded behind the vehicles. The only ones returning effective fire were our guys & our terps. I guess the media didn't want to release the true numbers of Taliban killed, but it was definately more than seven. One of the terps took down 2-3 of those bastards by himself & he is the worst shot of the group. No matter how many of those bastards we killed, it won't bring back Chris or lessen the pain.
Chris was yelling at the ANA to get out of the ditches & return fire when he got hit. A bullet went through the side of his soft armor into his lower abdomen. Reese, the team SGT got hit through the shoulder. The entrance wound wasn't so bad, but the exit wound was about the size of a large orange. Reese will recover without any permanent damage; no bones or major arteries were hit. Unfortunately Chris died several hours later at the hospital nearby. He leaves a wife & two kids. We were all huddled together in a prayer here in Afghanistan when the Chaplain in MS was headed to his wife's house to let her know of the tragedy.
I sat in the briefing less than 10 feet from Chris last week before he took off for that mission. Chris was an 18E (Communications SGT) & trained me on loading cryptos on our SatComs back at Shelby. He was about my age, maybe 1-2 years older. Even though he out ranked me by two grades, he always went out of his way to be nice whenever we passed each other.
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RELEASE NUMBER: 060327-01
DATE POSTED: MARCH 27, 2006
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PRESS RELEASE: Special Forces Soldier killed in Afghanistan U.S. Army Special Operations Command
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Mar. 26, 2006) — An Army Special Forces Soldier died Mar. 25 in the Sangin district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan when he was fatally struck by enemy small arms fire during a combat patrol.
Staff Sergeant Christopher L. Robinson, 36, a Special Forces Communications Sergeant assigned to 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) out of Elliott, Miss., was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
A resident of Brandon, Miss., Robinson enlisted in the Army in 1987 as a radio operator. After his Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training, he attended the Basic Airborne Course and the Special Forces Qualification Course to become a Communications Sergeant.
Robinson served his entire career with 2nd Bn. 20th SFG (Abn.), deploying to locations within Bolivia and Argentina, South America; Kosovo; and Afghanistan.
He was also a member of the Mississippi National Guard Counter Drug Task Force from 1992 through 2005, where he served in various positions across the state in support of the war on drugs. Prior to this deployment with 20th SFG (Abn.), he served with the Task Force as the Jackson Operations Ground Team Leader Noncommissioned Officer-In-Charge.
His military education also includes the Primary Leadership Development Course, Spanish Language Course, Basic and Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Courses, Spanish Jumpmaster Course and Military Free Fall Course along with numerous tactical weapons courses.
Robinson’s awards and decorations include the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon, United Nations Medal, NATO Medal, Basic Parachutist Badge, Military Free Fall Parachutist Badge, Argentinean Parachutist Badge, Bolivian Jumpmaster Parachutist Badge, Italian Parachutist Badge, Paraguayan Parachutist Badge, Peruvian Parachutist Badge, Basic Marksmanship Qualification Badge and Special Forces Tab.
Robinson is survived by his wife, Tamara, daughter, Savannah, and son, Patrick, of Brandon, Miss. His parents, George and Mary, of Madison, Miss., his sister, Denise Schimmel, her husband Jay Schimmel and nieces, Sullivan, Britton and Caroline all of Jackson, Miss. also survive him.
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