Sean Swindell

{{short description|U.S. Army general}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use American English|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox military person | name = Sean Swindell | image = Sean P. Swindell (2).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Official portrait, 2016 | nickname = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Army | service_years = | rank = Major General | service_number = | unit = | commands = Special Operations Joint Task Force–Afghanistan Special Operations Joint Task Force–Bragg | battles = Gulf War War in Afghanistan Iraq War | awards = Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal | relations = | other_work = }} '''Sean Patrick Swindell'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://citadelalumni.org/news-stories/distinguished-alumni/general-and-flag-officers/|title=General and Flag Officers – The Citadel Alumni Association}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-8168/seanp-swindell|title=Major General Sean P. Swindell – General Officer Management Office|website=www.gomo.army.mil|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721015708/https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-8168/seanp-swindell|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/108582/command_group_receives_warm_welcome|title=Command group receives warm welcome|website=www.army.mil|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721015713/https://www.army.mil/article/108582/command_group_receives_warm_welcome|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/260038/providing-home-7th-group-hero-holiday-season|title=Providing a home for a 7th Group hero this holiday season|website=DVIDS|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721015949/https://www.dvidshub.net/news/260038/providing-home-7th-group-hero-holiday-season|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/01/15/exclusive-u-s-military-readies-punishments-for-botched-afghan-airstrike/|title=Exclusive: U.S. Military Readies Punishments for Botched Afghan Airstrike|first=Paul|last=McLeary|date=January 15, 2016 |access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602165303/https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/01/15/exclusive-u-s-military-readies-punishments-for-botched-afghan-airstrike/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.afcea.org/content/Blog-swindell-assigned-us-special-operations-command|title=Swindell Assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command|date=April 27, 2016|newspaper=Afcea International|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721015709/https://www.afcea.org/content/Blog-swindell-assigned-us-special-operations-command|url-status=live}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Edward M. Reeder Jr.}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander of the Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan|years=2015–2016}} {{s-aft|after=Scott A. Howell}} {{s-bef|before=Christopher K. Haas}} {{s-ttl|title=Director of Force Structure, Requirements, Resources and Strategic Assessment of the United States Special Operations Command|years=2016–2019}} {{s-aft|after=Sean M. Farrell}} {{s-bef|before=???}} {{s-ttl|title=Special Assistant to the Director of the Army Staff|years=2019–2020}} {{s-aft|after=Christopher Sharpsten}} {{s-bef|before=Paul T. Calvert}} {{s-ttl|title=Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training of the United States Army|years=2020–2023}} {{s-aft|after=Joseph A. Ryan}} {{s-end}}

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