The special ops soldier who died in Kabul would have deployed even if he’d known the outcome, wife

[rangerrebew]

The special ops soldier who died in Kabul would have deployed even if he’d known the outcome, wife says

"He could have done whatever he wanted, but he wanted to serve his country.”

By Haley Britzky | Updated Aug 31, 2021 5:03 PM

    News Army

 

In the last text Alena Knauss sent her husband, Ryan, she told him that everyone was worried, and to let her know that he was okay the second he got the chance.

“We know now he wasn’t okay,” Alena said on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 on Monday night.

Her husband Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, 23, was one of the 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 26.

Knauss joined the Army service in May 2016, according to his military records, and had previously deployed to Afghanistan in 2017 before completing the Psychological Operations Qualification Course and being assigned to the 8th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne). Among his awards and decorations are the Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, the Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, and National Defense Service Medal.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-ryan-knauss-wife/

[sneakypete]

The special ops soldier who died in Kabul would have deployed even if he’d known the outcome, wife says

"He could have done whatever he wanted, but he wanted to serve his country.”

By Haley Britzky | Updated Aug 31, 2021 5:03 PM

    News Army

 

In the last text Alena Knauss sent her husband, Ryan, she told him that everyone was worried, and to let her know that he was okay the second he got the chance.

“We know now he wasn’t okay,” Alena said on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 on Monday night.

Her husband Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, 23, was one of the 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 26.

Knauss joined the Army service in May 2016, according to his military records, and had previously deployed to Afghanistan in 2017 before completing the Psychological Operations Qualification Course and being assigned to the 8th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne). Among his awards and decorations are the Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, the Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, and National Defense Service Medal.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-ryan-knauss-wife/

@rangerrebew

He was NOT a "special operations soldier" any more than a truck driver was a Special Operations soldier. He was a psy ops soldier. VERY big difference.