The Command Sergeant Major of this unit dies in a "non-combat related" incident? Does that smell funny to anyone else? I know I said I was looking into reports of combat/non-combat stat-juking in the past, but my past two weeks have been kind of crazy. I’ll get back on this.

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 277-09
April 25, 2009
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

CSM Benjamin Moore, Jr., 43, of Waycross, Ga., died Apr 24 at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

For more information media may contact the U.S. Army Garrison, Hawaii, public affairs office at 808-656-3159 or 808-656-3157.