The commander of Fort Riley has been fired and the Army is continuing an investigation opened last week at the Kansas base, officials said Monday, but they declined to provide any other details.
Army spokesman Col. Patrick R. Seiber said that Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby was relieved of command of the 1st Infantry Division due to loss of confidence in his ability to lead. Grigsby had been suspended on Friday, but senior Army officials took the additional step of firing him on Monday, as more information was gathered.
In an unusual step, Army officials have declined to disclose the nature of the investigation or provide any information on what type of incident or violation it involves.
One senior Army official said Monday the matter is being investigated by the Army and does not involve other law enforcement agencies. The official was not authorized to discuss the case publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.
Seiber said a new commander will be named in the coming days.
About 17,000 troops are stationed at Fort Riley. Grigsby assumed command of the base in August 2015, after 31 years of military service that included a stint as commander of the Combined Joint Task Force in East Africa.
Grigsby was last in the news in June when Fort Riley rescinded an invitation for a retired senior military officer to speak at a prayer breakfast at the base. Retired Lt. Gen Jerry Boykin was disinvited after complaints about his views on transgender bathrooms and Muslims.
That invitation was rescinded after Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, protested to Grigsby, who was base commander at the time.
Boykin’s invitation drew complaints because of comments he has made claiming Islam doesn’t deserve First Amendment protection and remarks about transgender people that were perceived as threats.
There were no suggestions that Grigsby’s current problems were related at all to the Boykin matter.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Sounds like a good AMERICAN
Obama’s plan as per instructions from Soros is working perfectly.
I agree, he wants to bring America to it’s knees and won’t be happy until the Islam flag is waving over the capital.
and the people, “We the people” are allowing it.
I hope this ends soon …we certainly need trump in there soon before our country completely goes up he creek
If Obama continues, the highest ranking soldier in our once great army will be a PFC. That jerk is destroying this country. To late
to impeach him, which should have been done years ago.
Obama hates the military more than he hates American independence! He relates everything American as tutored by his Communist and atheist mother.
WELL THERE ARE SOME WHO COME OUT OF BOOT CAMP PROCLAIMING THEY ARE A GENERAL DUE TO HAVING LEARNED TO “TYPE LETTERS.”
Biden is also vying for global just as treasonous
DUH HE,S BEEN DOING IT FOR ALMOST 8 YEARS.
He has RIFFED more career military than any POTUS in the history of the USA! I suspect they would be a simple yes man for his preverted administration!
Obama doesn’t have authority to fire him for his comment about ISLAM. Obama needs to read PUBLIC LAW 414,Chapter 2
section 212 which was past by congress in 1952 which prohitbits any Muslim that believes in ISLAM is bared from entering
the USA due to ISLAM being opposite to our our Constitution
Ed: Obongoloid doesn’t give a rats ass about our Constitution. He will write an Executive Order to get around it. He bypasses Congress on a daily basis. Obongoloid, Soros, Killery, Kerry, Loretta Lynch, CIA Director John Brennan(a convert MUSLIM), FBI Director James Comey, et.al. I would not be surprised if they try and do a ‘Hail Mary’ injunction if Trump get elected and Obongoloid calls for Martial Law! I’ll bet there are a lot of lives on the line if Trump wins the election. Will be additional bodies to add to ‘The Clinton Dead Pool’, which is now over 50!
What I do not comprehend is how can anyone want Killary as President when she & Obummer are working together & every one knows she is a LIAR????
Read the law yourself
Their is no moderation as this is true as I said READ IT YOURSELF.
i GUESS you must be a Obama Muslim.
Obviously, you did not read the article yourself. The anti-Islam comment was made by retired Lt. General Jerry Boykin. I don’t think that General Grigsby was fired for something that someone else said. I don’t know why he was fired. No doubt, for probably being patriotic or some other such infraction.
Also, the law that you refer to is a civilian law. The military doesn’t really have constitutional protections except in a very general way. They are governed by the UCMJ and this law you mention is not incorporated into that.
I’m willing to bet what he did is no where near as serious as what Lying Hillary has done for many years, including murder’s, lies every time she opens her mouth, etc. etc. The FBI was wrong to follow The Gay, Lying Muslim’s instructions. She should have been indicted immediately, and it’s not too late.
loss of confidence in his ability to lead. ==> Unwilling to totally, absolutely, go along with changes, irregardless of whether it is reasonable or not. The military REQUIRES all personnel to obey a lawful order. AND, they make it very difficult to determine IF an order is legal. Also, notice that ” loss of confidence in his ability to lead.” does not tell if it is the low, or high ranks that have lost confidence. If it is the lower ranks, the fear is that in an emergency, orders may not be followed. If it is higher ranks (such as the Commander & Chief), the fear that someone may actually start looking at all the unlawful things that have been ordered.
It’s too sad that so many are refusing to honor their oath. Mikey Weinstein is a total disgrace to the human race. He and the rest of those who are like him will pay dearly in the end, even if not here in this life.
so as commander and chief can we have the O’bamnation a fired as to the military matters, for loss of confidence in his ability to lead.?
He had an affair, period. Got caught, said he’s “sorry, won’t let it happen again, sorry for the pain he’s caused his family it was so selfish of me and thank you in advance for letting me keep my rank and my retirement pay.” Out this muthafuqka. Same ol’ story, same ol’ results, nothing changes unless it’s an enlisted and then he or she is sentenced to Leavenworth. And we wonder why pig hillary gets special treatment.
Just add his name to the list of 200+ generals, flag officers and other high-ranking officials. They are being purged at a rate of about one per week – basically anyone in the ranks who disagrees with Obama’s policies. Some military and media sources put the Obama administration military terminations as high as 500 during the president’s first five years in the Oval Office! There have been mass firings, suspensions and dismissals, for which Obama’s closest adviser, Valerie Jarrett has also been blamed. With Jarrett’s influence there is rampant “political correctness” permeating the military and negatively affecting everyone from top generals to the ranks of the enlisted. Political correctness is just another name for bullying. Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby is simply Obama/Jarrett’s latest victim.