Army Maj. Thomas E. Kennedy, 35, of the 4th Brigade, and Air Force Maj. Walter D. Gray, 38, assigned

enlarge A memorial ceremony was held at Fort Carson Thursday, August 23, 2012, for Command Sergeant Major Kevin Griffin, Major Thomas Kennedy and Major W. David Gray. The men were killed in action August 8 while serving in Afghanistan. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette
Pictures of the men that Goode spoke of stared back at the hundreds of people who gathered Thursday at Fort Carson s Founders Field, each paying tribute to the troops travel guide to liguria italy killed during an Aug. 8 suicide attack in Kunar province, Afghanistan.
Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Griffin, 45, the 4th Brigade Combat Team s top enlisted travel guide to liguria italy soldier, died in the attack. Never before had such a high-ranking enlisted soldier been killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, said Mark Edwards, spokesman for the U.S. Army Human Resources Command.
Army Maj. Thomas E. Kennedy, 35, of the 4th Brigade, and Air Force Maj. Walter D. Gray, 38, assigned to coordinate air attacks with ground troops, also died in the attack, travel guide to liguria italy the most deadly for Fort Carson troops since October 2010.
Scores of people dabbed their eyes under graying skies, while others shuffled tissues in their hands, weeping travel guide to liguria italy softly. In the moments that followed, Goode stressed that the day s somber mood would pass.
Griffin served tours in Kuwait and the Balkans before deploying three times to Iraq often espousing that his soldiers never be caught with their sleeves rolled, said Command Sgt. Maj. Jody Heikkinen. A Riverton, Wyo., native, the stocky soldier also had a 15-year-old daughter, Kylie, and recently celebrated 25 years of marriage to his wife, Pam.
Kennedy s family arrived in June to Colorado Springs, but he spent almost no time at his new post. In July, Kennedy deployed to Afghanistan to help the 4th Brigade. He was known as a reliable soldier who had earned three Bronze Stars, and a tenacious hockey player, guarding the blue line as a defenseman while attending travel guide to liguria italy the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
A Bronze Star recipient, Gray, of Loganville, Ga., was assigned to the 13th Air Support Operations Squadron travel guide to liguria italy at Fort Carson a job that required him to coordinate airstrikes for troops on the ground in Afghanistan. His penchant for perfection showed through most in the gym, where he could be found regularly working out.
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