Greg Vogle
January 29, 2015 – August 2017
Donald Trump
Director's Award for Distinguished Service (2016)
Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal (2016)
Intelligence Star (2003)
Distinguished Intelligence Cross (2002)
Other Interagency Honors (Classified)
Gregory W. Vogle (born 1958) is an American
Career
Vogle served in the
Rescue of Hamid Karzai
On October 9, 2001 Hamid Karzai entered Afghanistan and linked up with his supporters to seize Tarinkot. Taliban forces launched a counterattack against Karzai's lightly-armed forces and he was forced to withdraw. On November 3, Karzai contacted a member of the Special Activities Center, identified only as "Greg V." who immediately acted by linking up Karzai and himself with his joint CIA/Army Special Forces/JSOC team (consisted of 110 CIA officers, 316 Special Forces soldiers and 12 Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) raiders) designated Echo team. From there, they made a nighttime insertion back into Tarinkot. Karzai then went from village to village seeking support to fight against the Taliban. On November 17, a large battle ensued. Several of Karzai's new recruits fled, but Vogle took command and ran between defensive positions shouting, "If necessary, die like men!". The line held and as CIA Director George Tenet said in his book Center of the Storm, "It was a seminal moment. Had Karzai's position been overrun, as appeared likely for much of November 17, the entire future of the Pashtun rebellion in the south could have ended." Vogle was awarded the Distinguished Intelligence Cross, the CIA's highest award for valor, and the equivalent of the Medal of Honor for those in the intelligence community. [7][8]
Later on December 5, Karzai was leading his resistance force against the Taliban at
Later career
Vogle was awarded the
In November 2020, Vogle was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the United States Intelligence Community.[11]
References
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Mr. Brennan recently named Greg Vogel ... to take over the C.I.A.'s vaunted Directorate of Operations
- ^ Shapira, Ian (September 18, 2017). "The CIA acknowledges the legendary spy who saved Hamid Karzai's life — and honors him by name". Washington Post.
- ^ "Greg Vogle". September 30, 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07.
- ^ "Former Deputy Director of CIA for Operations Greg Vogle to Speak at Faga Forum on Space Intelligence". Space Foundation. 2018-01-26. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ "Greg Vogle". Archived from the original on 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ a b At the Center of the Storm: My Life at the CIA, George Tenet, Harper Collins, 2007, pages 219–225
- ^ a b "The CIA honored the officer who saved Hamid Karzai's life". Newsweek. 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13.
- ^ At the Center of the Storm: My Life at the CIA, George Tenet, Harper Collins, 2007, page 225
- ^ Volz, Warren P. Strobel and Dustin (7 December 2018). "CIA Names First Woman to Lead Clandestine Operations". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ "Agency Review Teams". President-Elect Joe Biden. Retrieved 10 November 2020.