Editing Fragging

{{short description|Deliberate killing or attempted killing of a soldier by a fellow soldier}}
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[[File:M-61Grenade.jpg|thumb|[[M26 grenade]], issued to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines in the [[Vietnam War]], used in many fragging incidents.<ref>[http://ttupress.org/docs/9780896727151PressRelease.pdf Military historian examines Vietnam-era fragging cases— including details of many that may never be resolved] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226113837/http://ttupress.org/docs/9780896727151PressRelease.pdf |date=December 26, 2013 }} Texas Tech University Press, May 16, 2001</ref>]]

'''Fragging''' is the deliberate or attempted killing of a soldier, usually a superior, by a fellow soldier. [[U.S. military]] personnel coined the word during the [[Vietnam War]], when such killings were most often committed or attempted with a [[fragmentation grenade]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Frag|url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/frag|access-date=June 21, 2021|website=www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com}}</ref> to make it appear that the killing was accidental or during combat with the enemy. The term fragging now encompasses any deliberate killing of military colleagues.<ref>{{cite book |author1=William Darryl Henderson |editor1-last=Chambers |editor1-first=John Whiteclay |title=The Oxford companion to American military history |date=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-507198-6 |page=279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Rzy_yNMKbcC&pg=PA279 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=William Darryl Henderson |title=Fragging {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/fragging |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>

The high number of fragging incidents in the latter years of the Vietnam War was symptomatic of discontent that existed among some military personnel and of a breakdown of discipline in parts of the U.S. Armed Forces. Documented and suspected fragging incidents using explosives totaled 904 from 1969 to 1972,<ref name="Lepre"/> while hundreds of fragging incidents using firearms took place, but were hard to quantify as they were indistinguishable from combat deaths and poorly documented.

Fragging should not be confused with the unintentional killing and/or wounding of comrades and/or allied personnel; such incidents are referred to as [[friendly fire]].

==Motivation==
Soldiers have killed colleagues since the beginning of armed conflict, with many documented instances throughout history. However, the practice of fragging seems to have been relatively uncommon in the U.S. military until the Vietnam War. The prevalence of fragging was partially based on the ready availability of explosive weapons such as fragmentation hand grenades. Grenades were untraceable to an owner and left no ballistic evidence. [[M18 Claymore mine]]s and other explosives were also occasionally used in fragging, as were firearms, although the term, as defined by the military during the Vietnam War, applied only to the use of explosives to kill fellow soldiers.<ref name="Lepre">{{cite book|last=Lepre|first=George|title=Fragging: Why U.S. Soldiers Assaulted their Officers in Vietnam|date=2011|publisher=Texas Tech University Press|location=Lubbock}}</ref>{{RP|1,19}}<ref name=Brush>{{cite web|last1=Brush|first1=Peter|title=The Hard Truth About Fragging|url=http://www.historynet.com/the-hard-truth-about-fragging.htm|website=Historynet|access-date=May 25, 2014|date=2010}}</ref> Most fragging incidents were in the [[United States Army|Army]] and [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. Fragging was rare among [[United States Navy|Navy]] and [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] personnel, who had less access to grenades and weapons than did soldiers and Marines.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|30-31}}

The first known incidents of fragging in South Vietnam took place in 1966, but events in 1968 appear to have catalyzed an increase in fragging. After the [[Tet Offensive]] in January and February 1968, the Vietnam War became increasingly unpopular in the United States and among American soldiers in Vietnam, many of them conscripts. Secondly, racial tensions between white and black soldiers and marines increased after the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]] in April 1968.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|19-21}} With troops reluctant to risk their lives in what was perceived as a lost war, fragging was seen by some enlisted men "as the most effective way to discourage their superiors from showing enthusiasm for combat".<ref name="Brush" />

[[File:Vietnam War protest in Washington DC April 1971.jpg|thumb|[[G.I. movement]] veterans protesting the Vietnam War.]]
Morale plummeted among soldiers and marines. In 1971, a USMC colonel declared in the ''[[Armed Forces Journal]]'' that "The morale, discipline, and battle worthiness of the U.S. Armed Forces are, with a few salient exceptions, lower and worse than at any time in this century and possibly in the history of the United States."<ref>Heinl, Jr., Col. Robert D. (1971), "The Collapse of the Armed Forces", ''Armed Forces Journal'', June 7, 1971</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usni.org/people/robert-debs-heinl-jr|title=Robert Debs Heinl, Jr.|work=[[United States Naval Institute]]|access-date=August 11, 2022}}</ref>

The U.S. military reflected social problems and issues in the U.S. such as racism, drug abuse, and resentment toward authoritarian leaders. As the U.S. began to withdraw its military forces from Vietnam, some American enlisted men and young officers lost their sense of purpose for being in Vietnam, and the hierarchical relationship between enlisted men and their officers deteriorated. The resentment directed from enlisted men toward older officers was exacerbated by generational gaps, as well as different perceptions of how the military should conduct itself. Enforcement of military regulations, especially if done overzealously, led to complaints and sometimes threats of physical violence directed toward officers.<ref name="Lepre" />

A number of factors may have influenced the incidence of fragging. The demand for manpower for the war in Vietnam caused the armed forces to lower their standards for inducting both officers and enlisted men. The rapid rotation of personnel, especially of officers who served (on average) less than six months in command roles, decreased the stability and cohesion of military units. Most important of all, perhaps, was the loss of purpose in fighting the war, as it became apparent to all that the United States was withdrawing from the war without having achieved any sort of victory. Morale and discipline deteriorated.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|12-18}}

Most fragging was perpetrated by enlisted men against officers. Enlisted men, in the words of one company commander, "feared they would get stuck with a lieutenant or platoon sergeant who would want to carry out all kinds of crazy [[John Wayne]] tactics, who would use their lives in an effort to win the war single-handedly, win the big medal, and get his picture in the hometown paper".<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|84-85}} Harassment of subordinates by a superior was another frequent motive. The stereotypical fragging incident was of "an aggressive career officer being assaulted by disillusioned subordinates". Several fragging incidents resulted from alleged racism between black and white soldiers. Attempts by officers to control drug use caused others. Most known fragging incidents were carried out by soldiers in support units rather than soldiers in combat units.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|61-122}}

Soldiers sometimes used non-lethal smoke and tear-gas grenades to warn superiors that they were in more serious danger if they did not change their behavior. A few instances occurred—and many more were rumored—in which enlisted men pooled their money for "bounties" on particular officers or non-commissioned officers to reward soldiers for fragging them.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|25,37-42}}

==U.S. Forces in Vietnam==
{| align="right" class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em"
|+ Known U.S. fragging incidents using explosives in Vietnam<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|45,47,57}}<ref name="Levy">{{cite book|last1=Levy|first1=Guenter|title=America in Vietnam|date=1978|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York}}</ref>{{RP|156}}
|-
! 
! 1969
! 1970
! 1971
! 1972
|-
! style="text-align: left" | Army
| 96
| 209
| 222
| 28
|-
! style="text-align: left" | Marine Corps
| 30+
| 50+
| 30+
| 5
|-
! style="text-align: left" | Suspected
| 30
| 62
| 111
| 31
|-
! style="text-align: left" | Total
| 156+
| 321+
| 363+
| 64
|-
! style="text-align: left" | Deaths
| 46
| 38
| 12
| 3 
|-
| colspan="5" | Note: Statistics were not kept before 1969. 
|}

According to author George Lepre, the total number of known and suspected fragging cases using explosives in Vietnam from 1969 to 1972 totalled nearly 900, with 99 deaths and many injuries. This total is incomplete, as some cases were not reported, nor were statistics kept before 1969 (although several incidents from 1966 to 1968 are known). Most of the victims or intended victims were [[Officer (armed forces)|officers]] or non-commissioned officers. The number of fraggings increased in 1970 and 1971 even though the U.S. military was withdrawing and the number of U.S. military personnel in Vietnam was declining.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|44-47}}<ref name="Levy" />{{RP|155}}

An earlier calculation by authors Richard A. Gabriel and Paul L. Savage, estimated that up to 1,017 fragging incidents may have taken place in Vietnam, causing 86 deaths and 714 injuries of U.S. military personnel, the majority officers and NCOs.<ref>Gabriel, Richard A. and Savage, Paul L. (1978), ''Crisis in Command'', New York: Hill & Wang, p. 183</ref>

By the end of the war, at least 450 officers were killed in fraggings; the U.S. military reported at least 600 U.S. soldiers killed in fragging incidents with another 1,400 dying under mysterious circumstances.<ref name="Zoroya2019">{{Cite news
|title=War-zone massacre an uncommon event |first1=Gregg |last1=Zoroya |first2=Alan |last2=Gomez |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2009-05-11-camp-liberty-shooting-sidebar_N.htm |newspaper=USA Today |date=May 11, 2009 |accessdate=August 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/2003/03/24/fragging-attack-on-101st/50363165007/ |last=Wehrman |first=Jessica |title='Fragging' attack on 101st Airborne echoes back to Vietnam |date=June 12, 2011 |work=SouthCoastToday}}</ref>

Fragging statistics include only incidents involving explosives, most commonly grenades. Several hundred murders of U.S. soldiers by firearms occurred in Vietnam but most were of enlisted men killing other enlisted men of nearly equal rank. Fewer than ten officers are known to have been murdered by firearms. However, rumors and claims abound of the deliberate killing of officers and non-commissioned officers by enlisted men under battlefield conditions. The frequency and number of these fraggings, indistinguishable from combat deaths, cannot be quantified.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|26,220-221}}

===Response===
The U.S. military's responses to fragging incidents included greater restrictions on access to weapons, especially grenades, for soldiers in non-combat units and post-fragging "[[lockdown]]s" in which a whole unit was isolated until after an investigation. For example, in May 1971, the U.S. Army in Vietnam temporarily halted the issuance of grenades to nearly all units and soldiers in Vietnam, inventoried stocks of weapons, and searched soldiers' quarters, confiscating weapons, ammunition, grenades, and knives. This, however, failed to reduce fragging incidents as soldiers could easily obtain weapons in a flourishing black market among nearby Vietnamese communities. The U.S. military also attempted to diminish adverse publicity concerning fragging and the security measures it was taking to reduce it.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|128-142}}

Only a few fraggers were identified and prosecuted. It was often difficult to distinguish between fragging and enemy action.  A grenade thrown into a foxhole or tent could be a fragging, or the action of an enemy infiltrator or saboteur. Enlisted men were often close-mouthed in fragging investigations, refusing to inform on their colleagues out of fear or solidarity. Sentences for fragging convictions were severe—but the few men convicted often served fairly brief prison sentences. Ten fraggers were convicted of murder and served sentences from ten months to forty years with a mean (average) prison time of about nine years.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|140-141,181-182,229}}{{Clarify|date=January 2025|reason=Mean and average aren't the same thing so which is it? }}

===Influence===
In the Vietnam War, the threat of fragging caused many officers and NCOs to go armed in rear areas and to change their sleeping arrangements as fragging often consisted of throwing a grenade into a tent where the target was sleeping. For fear of being fragged, some leaders turned a blind eye to drug use and other indiscipline among the men in their charge. Fragging, the threat of fragging, and investigations of fragging sometimes disrupted or delayed tactical combat operations. Officers were sometimes forced to negotiate with their enlisted men to obtain their consent before undertaking dangerous patrols.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|175-176}}

The breakdown of discipline, including fragging, was an important influence on the U.S. change to an all-volunteer military in place of conscription. The last conscript was inducted into the army in 1973.<ref name=bbmdst>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rjoTAAAAIBAJ&pg=6104%2C3785258 |newspaper=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Ore |agency=UPI |title=Military draft system stopped |date=January 27, 1973 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=mdebld>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_6ojAAAAIBAJ&pg=5837%2C1959488 |newspaper=The Times-News |location=Hendersonville, NC |agency=Associated Press |title=Military draft ended by Laird |date=January 27, 1973 |page=1 }}</ref> The volunteer military moderated some of the coercive methods of discipline previously used to maintain order in military ranks.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|183}}

==Coalition forces in Afghanistan==
{{see also|History of the Afghan Armed Forces (2002–2021)#Green-on-blue attacks}}
During the [[war in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]] hundreds of [[International Security Assistance Force|coalition]] soldiers were intentionally killed by [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan]] forces. Increases in insider attacks against coalition forces were noted after high-profile provocations such as the [[2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests]] and the [[Kandahar massacre]].<ref name="Coll 2019 586–624">{{cite book |last=Coll |first=Steve |title=Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan |publisher=[[Penguin Group]] |year=2019 |isbn=978-0-14-313250-9 |pages=586–624 |author-link=Steve Coll}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-attack/three-foreign-soldiers-killed-by-afghan-forces-idUKBRE82P09520120327 |last=Kimball |first=Jack |title=Three foreign soldiers killed by Afghan forces |date=March 26, 2012 |work=Reuters}}</ref>

In 2012, according to [[NATO]], 51 coalition service members died due to the deliberate actions by members of the Afghan forces. Another 65 NATO soldiers were killed in insider attacks between 2007 and 2011.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Long |first=Austin |date=2013 |title='Green on Blue': Insider Attacks in Afghanistan |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262891716 |journal=Survival |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=167–182 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.1080/00396338.2013.802860|s2cid=154338272 }}</ref> The increase in so-called "green-on-blue attacks" prompted U.S. officials to revamp the screening process of potential Afghan recruits as Afghan military leadership identified "hundreds" of Afghan soldiers within their ranks who were linked to the [[Taliban]] insurgency or harbored [[Anti-Americanism|anti-American views]].<ref>[https://www.ibtimes.com/what-green-blue-attack-killing-us-major-general-harold-greene-just-third-insider-attack-1649920 ''What Is A 'Green-On-Blue' Attack? Killing Of US Major General Harold Greene Is Just Third Insider Attack In 2014'']</ref><ref>[https://thedefensepost.com/2019/01/02/afghanistan-guards-open-fire-nato-advisors-herat/ ''Afghan forces open fire on NATO advisors at base in Herat'']</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Inside-the-wire attacks double in Afghanistan |author=Andrew Tilghman |url=http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/08/military-inside-the-wire-attacks-double-in-afghanistan-081412 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117060111/http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/08/military-inside-the-wire-attacks-double-in-afghanistan-081412 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |newspaper=Army Times |date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=August 16, 2012 }}</ref>

Most of the attackers in these incidents were members of the special [[Afghan Local Police]] (ALP) units, who operated as a local tribal force and were known to have ties to the Taliban.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/18/world/asia/two-americans-killed-by-afghan-recruit-in-green-on-blue-assault.html Two Americans Killed by Afghan Recruit], ''New York Times''. August 17, 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/18/world/asia/afghanistan-operations-halt/index.html|title=NATO restricts Afghan operations after 'green-on-blue' killings, anti-Islam film|author1=Barbara Starr|author2=Holly Yan|date=September 18, 2012|publisher=CNN|access-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref> They were also known to use drugs and were sometimes reported for abusing civilians.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/world/asia/13afghanistan.html|title=Brutality by Afghan Local Police Is Reported|date=September 13, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref>

The ''[[Long War Journal]]'' reported on such attacks, counting 155 since 2008 to June 11, 2017, resulting in 152 Coalition dead and 193 wounded.<ref name=rogg1>{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/08/green-on-blue_attack.php|title=Green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan: the data|work=The Long War Journal|date=August 23, 2012 |access-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref> [[Afghan National Army|ANA fighters]] sometimes fled to the Taliban, which posted videos 'welcoming' the fleeing fighters. NATO commanders initially stated that an estimated 90% of the attacks were due to cultural differences and personal enmity, while the Afghan government disagreed and blamed the problem on "infiltration by foreign spy agencies", including those of "neighboring countries".<ref name=rogg1 />

To reduce insider attacks, joint operations between U.S. and Afghan forces were reduced and coalition soldiers were reminded to be respectful.<ref name="Coll 2019 586–624"/>

==Notable incidents== 
* 1704: [[Battle of Blenheim]]: An unpopular [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in [[East Yorkshire Regiment|Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot]] of the [[English Army]] was shot in the head by his own men after the battle had been won.<ref name=Regana>{{cite book|last=Regan|first= G.|title=More Military Blunders|publisher=Carlton Books|year=2004|isbn=1-84442-710-2}}</ref>  
* 1718: [[Charles XII of Sweden]] was shot and killed during the siege of [[Halden]]; the shot was possibly fired by one of his own soldiers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/kolumnister/hermanlindqvist/article12156251.ab?partner=www|last=Lindqvist|first=Herman|title=Karl XII:s död ger inte forskarna någon ro|date=November 29, 2009|newspaper=Aftonbladet}}</ref> 
* [[Jacobite rising of 1745]]: On 31 August 1746, Captain [[George Munro, 1st of Culcairn]], who was leading raids into [[Lochaber]] in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Culloden]], was shot dead by a concealed gunman along [[Loch Arkaig]] in [[Clan Cameron]] country. Even though other suspects within Clan Cameron have been named, underground [[Catholic Church in Scotland|Roman Catholic]] Bishop [[John Geddes (bishop)|John Geddes]] believed Captain Munro's death to have been a deliberate fragging by a disgruntled subordinate, whom Munro had recently had [[flogging|flogged]].<ref> William Forbes Leith (1909), ''Memoirs of Scottish Catholics during the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries. Volume II From Commonwealth to Emancipation'', [[Longman, Green, and Co.]] 39 [[Paternoster Row]], London. pp. 336-337.</ref>
* 1777: [[Battles of Saratoga]]: Lieutenant-Colonel [[Heinrich von Breymann]], who led [[Brunswick troops in the American Revolutionary War|Brunswick troops]] in the conflict, was so disgusted with the performance of his men during the battle that he began attacking them with his sabre; one of his men, after being injured, pulled out a pistol and shot von Breymann dead.<ref>Higginbotham, Don (1961). ''Daniel Morgan: Revolutionary Rifleman.'' University of North Carolina Press, p. 75.</ref>
* 1815: [[Battle of Quatre Bras]]: The colonel of the [[92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot]], John Cameron of [[Fassfern]], was shot dead by one of the regiment's soldiers whom he had recently [[Flagellation|flogged]].<ref name=Regana/>
* 1847: [[Mexican–American War]]: Lieutenant Colonel [[Braxton Bragg]] (later a Confederate general) survived two attempts on his life: in each case, an artillery shell exploded under his bed.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Woodworth|first1=Stephen|title=Jefferson Davis and His Generals|url=https://archive.org/details/jeffersondavishi00wood|url-access=registration|date=1990|publisher=University Press of Kansas|isbn=0-7006-0567-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/jeffersondavishi00wood/page/92 92]}}</ref>
* 1894: [[Battle of Yalu River (1894)|Battle of the Yalu River]]: Qing Admiral [[Ding Ruchang]]'s legs were crushed, either due to a construction defect or the deliberate misfiring of his ship's main battery by the ship's captain.<ref>Paine, S.C.M. (2003). ''The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895: Perception, Power, and Primacy,'' Cambridge University Press. pp. 179–189.</ref>
* February 27, 1984: A Japan Ground Self-Defense soldier [[1984 JSDF Yamaguchi training ground shooting incident|went on a shooting spree]] by firing on his squadron on the target shooting range at [[:ja: 山口駐屯地|Camp Yamaguchi]]: one was killed and three injured. <ref name="Sankei">{{Cite news
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* July 6, 1999: U.S. Army soldier [[Murder of Barry Winchell|Barry Winchell was beaten to death]] with a baseball bat while he slept outside of his barracks by Calvin Glover for dating a [[transgender]] woman.<ref name="France">''New York Times'': [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9902E5DB1E3AF93BA15756C0A9669C8B63 David France, "An Inconvenient Woman," May 28, 2000], accessed March 12, 2012</ref>
* November 5, 2009: U.S. Army major and psychiatrist [[Nidal Hasan]] went on a [[2009 Fort Hood shooting|shooting spree at Fort Hood]] that led to the deaths of 13 fellow soldiers and 32 being injured, before being shot and paralyzed from the waist down. On August 23, 2013, he was convicted of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder, and was sentenced to death on August 28, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nidal-hasan-sentenced-to-death-for-fort-hood-shooting-rampage/2013/08/28/aad28de2-0ffa-11e3-bdf6-e4fc677d94a1_story.html |last=Kenber |first=Billy |title= Nidal Hasan sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting rampage |date=August 28, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
* May 28, 2012: A Kazakh border guard took his rifle and [[Arkankergen massacre|opened fire on his unit]] at Kazakh-Chinese border, with 15 being shot dead.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/suspicious-massacre-and-airplane-crash-fuel-mistrust-in-kazakhstan-a-877624.html|title= Suspicious Massacre and Airplane Crash Fuel Mistrust in Kazakhstan|newspaper= Der Spiegel|date=Jan 17, 2013|access-date=Mar 2, 2024|last1= Neef|first1= Christian}}</ref>
* September 16, 2013: U.S. Navy petty officer Aaron Alexis went on a [[Washington Navy Yard shooting|shooting spree at Washington Navy Yard]] using a [[Remington Model 870]] shotgun and a [[Beretta M9]] pistol, killing 12 people and injuring eight before being killed by a shot to the head from responding police officers.<ref name=nbcwashington>{{cite news |title=12 Victims Killed, 8 Wounded in Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard, Suspected Gunman Killed |url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Confirmed-Shooter-at-Navy-Yard-One-Person-Shot-223897891.html |publisher=NBC Washington |date=September 17, 2013 |access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref>
* November 4, 2016: A [[Jordanian Army]] soldier stationed at the King Faisal Air Base in [[Jordan]] opened fire on American soldiers attempting to enter a checkpoint. [[King Faisal Air Base shooting|The resulting shootout]] led to the deaths of three American soldiers, and ended when another American soldier shot and critically wounded the Jordanian. The Jordanian was sentenced to life in prison.<ref name="SaadKilling">{{Cite news |last1=Saad |first1=Reem |last2=Akour |first2=Omar |date=July 17, 2017 |title=Jordanian soldier sentenced to life for killing 3 US troops |publisher=ABC News |agency=AP News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/jordanian-soldier-convicted-killing-american-troops-48675771 |access-date=July 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717235136/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/jordanian-soldier-convicted-killing-american-troops-48675771 |archive-date=July 17, 2017}}</ref>
* October 25, 2019: A [[Russian Ground Forces|Russian Army]] soldier gunned down eight people and injured two more during a [[Gorny shooting|shooting]] at the Gorny military base.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/25/europe/russian-soldier-mass-shooting-siberia-intl/index.html|title=Russian soldier kills 8 colleagues in mass shooting at Siberian military base|date=October 25, 2019 |publisher=CNN|access-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref>
* October 15, 2022: Two Russian soldiers went on a [[Soloti military training ground shooting|shooting spree at Soloti military base]] using automatic rifles; they killed 11 people and injured 15 more before being killed by return fire.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=October 15, 2022 |title=Volunteer soldiers opened fire on other troops during training in Russia |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/15/1129321544/russia-soldiers-shooting-training-belgorod |access-date=October 15, 2022}}</ref><ref name="ap1">{{Cite web |date=October 15, 2022 |title=Russia military range shooting leaves 11 dead, 15 wounded |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-military-range-shooting-volunteer-soldiers-attack-8dbb8c55dbdd4f10f1042ab7f045dff0 |access-date=October 15, 2022 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>
* June 14, 2023: A [[Japan Ground Self-Defense Force]] soldier shot three people in an [[2023 Japan military facility shooting|ambush at the basic firing range in Gifu]]; two were killed and one was wounded. <ref>{{Cite web|title=【速報中】陸自射撃場発砲事件 2人死亡 18歳自衛官候補生逮捕 {{!}} NHK |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20230614/k10014098731000.html |website=NHKニュース |date=June 14, 2023 |access-date=June 14, 2023 |last=[[NHK]]}}</ref>

===World War II===
* 18 November, 1944: An hour after Corporal Tommie Lee Garrett ordered Private George Green Jr. to clean up a spilled can of urine, Private Green pulled out his M1 Carbine rifle and shot Corporal Garrett dead at the [[United States Army]] base in [[Champigneulles]], France. Private Green was convicted of the murder of Corporal Garrett and hanged on May 15, 1945, and he was buried in [[Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Plot E]].<ref>MacLean, French L. ''The Fifth Field: The Story of the 96 American Soldiers Sentenced to Death and Executed in Europe and North Africa in World War II'':, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2013. Pages 186-188. {{ISBN|978-0764345777}}.</ref>

===Vietnam War (U.S. forces)===
* 1969: After the controversial U.S. casualties during the [[Battle of Hamburger Hill]], the [[GI Underground Press|G.I underground newspaper]] "G.I Says" in Vietnam placed a $10,000 bounty on Colonel Weldon Honeycutt, leading to multiple unsuccessful fragging attempts against him.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://alphahistory.com/vietnamwar/robert-heinl-collapse-armed-forces-1971/ |title=Colonel Robert Heinl: The Collapse of the Armed Forces (1971) |work=Alpha History}}</ref>
* April 21, 1969: A grenade was thrown into the company office of K Company, [[9th Marine Regiment|9th Marines]], at [[Quảng Trị Combat Base]], [[South Vietnam|RVN]], with First Lieutenant Robert T. Rohweller dying of wounds he received in the explosion. Private Reginald F. Smith, who was apprehended after boasting about the killing to a colleague in formation while still having a grenade ring on his finger, pleaded guilty to the premeditated murder of Rohweller and was sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment; he was murdered by a fellow inmate in prison on July 25, 1982.<ref name="Lepre" /><ref>{{Cite web|author=Hamilton Gregory|date=May 25, 2018|title=Murder in Vietnam|url=https://www.historynet.com/murder-in-vietnam.htm|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=HistoryNet|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Wall of Faces|url=https://www.vvmf.org/wall-of-faces-profile/|access-date=January 27, 2021|website=Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund|language=en-US}}</ref>
* March 15, 1971: A grenade was tossed into an officer billet at [[Bien Hoa Base Camp]], with Lieutenants Thomas A. Dellwo and Richard E. Harlan of the [[1st Cavalry Division (United States)|1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)]] being killed. Private Billy Dean Smith was charged with the murders of the officers but was [[Court-martial of Billy Dean Smith |acquitted at a court-martial]] in November 1972.<ref name="Lepre" />{{RP|89–93,51–57}}

===Vietnam War (Australian forces)===
* November 23, 1969: Following a night of heavy drinking within the [[9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment|9th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment]] at [[Nui Dat]], South Vietnam, a grenade was rolled into the tent of sleeping Lieutenant Robert Thomas Convery: Convery was killed in the explosion. Private Peter Denzil "Pedro" Allen was convicted of Convery's murder, and served ten years and eight months of a life sentence in [[Risdon Prison Complex|Risdon Prison]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19700116&id=ddtUAAAAIBAJ&pg=3683,2502432 |title=Private guilty of murder, life sentence |newspaper=The Age |via=Google News |access-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref>
* December 25, 1970: Private Paul Raymond "Ramon" Ferriday took his SLR rifle and opened fire into the Sergeant's Mess of the [[Royal Australian Army Service Corps]] at Nui Dat, South Vietnam, following an all-day drinking session, with Sergeants Allan Brian Moss and Wallace James Galvin being shot dead and Sergeant Frederick Edwin Bowtell wounded. During his court-martial, an Army psychiatrist described Ferriday as having a "paranoid character" and being prone to fits of rage, despite witnesses describing him as being aware of his actions and giving details of previous threatening altercations.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 27, 1971|title=Psychiatrist says soldier 'paranoid'|page=7|work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110458262|access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> Ferriday was convicted on two counts of manslaughter and one count of assault with a weapon, and served eight years of a ten-year sentence in [[Pentridge Prison]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.iprimus.com.au/buckomp/FerridayMurdersWebdoc.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030319093911/http://home.iprimus.com.au/buckomp/FerridayMurdersWebdoc.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 19, 2003|title=PTE Ferriday Murders|website=home.iprimus.com.au|access-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref>

===Middle East peacekeeping===
* October 27, 1982: While serving at [[Tebnine]] with the [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon]], [[Irish Army]] Private Michael McAleavey dropped into a combat stance at a checkpoint before opening fire with his [[FN FAL]] [[battle rifle]], with Corporal Gregory "Gary" Morrow, Private Thomas Murphy and Private Peter Burke being shot dead. McAleavey originally told [[Military Police Corps (Ireland)|Irish Military Police]] investigators they had been killed in an ambush by Lebanese gunmen, but he ultimately confessed, claiming that he had "snapped" due to [[dehydration]] and [[heat exhaustion]]. McAleavey was convicted of the murders at a [[court-martial]] and was sentenced to [[life imprisonment]], being paroled in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0318/128916-mcaleavym/|title=Michael McAleavey released after 27 years|website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |date=March 18, 2010|access-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref>

=== The Troubles ===
* May 9, 1992: During the reconstruction of a [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]] (RUC) security base devastated just two days before by a [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]] tractor bomb at [[Fivemiletown]], in [[County Tyrone]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Local news from Fermanagh, p. 26|url=http://www.storyfinders.co.uk/directory/uploads/2f82bb5d-bf30-4ada-a490-b5c7da745f40/1990-2000.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322140836/http://www.storyfinders.co.uk/directory/uploads/2f82bb5d-bf30-4ada-a490-b5c7da745f40/1990-2000.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 22, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=May 11, 1992|title=Northern News|work=The Irish Emigrant|issue=275|url=http://www.emigrant.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37018&Itemid=18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419081420/http://www.emigrant.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37018&Itemid=18|url-status=dead<!--inaccessible – login required, doesn't seem to be tied to a subscription as such-->|access-date=July 26, 2020|archive-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 23, 1992|title=War News - British Soldier Wounded in Landmine Attack|url=https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/IP/id/20328/rec/1002|access-date=July 8, 2021|website=indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org|publisher=The Irish People|language=en}}</ref> while soldiers from the First Battalion [[Staffordshire Regiment]] were providing a security detail to the workers, an eighteen-year-old private fired his [[SA80]] rifle 14 times at the company's sergeant major in a frenzy, killing him in front of the rest of the platoon. The serviceman was eventually acquitted of the charge of murder in 1993,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Latham|first=Richard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NmqpZ9sYu7MC&q=fivemiletown+SA80&pg=PT39|title=Deadly Beat: Inside the Royal Ulster Constabulary|publisher=Random House|year=2012|isbn=978-1-78057-755-5|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":10">''Fortnight'', Issues 302-312, p. 33</ref> but declared guilty of manslaughter, and given a two-year [[suspended sentence]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=May 1, 1993|title=Soldier, 19, is cleared of murder|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/soldier-19-is-cleared-of-murder-2320269.html|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> There were allegations of previous [[hazing]] and bullying by the non-commissioned officer against his subordinate.<ref name=":0" />

===War in Afghanistan===
{{See also|Green on blue attack}}
* August 17, 2002: Following an altercation, [[British Army]] Corporal John Gregory, who was drunk and under the influence of medication, shot dead [[Royal Logistic Corps]] Sergeant Robert Busuttil as he lay in a hammock during a barbecue at [[Kabul International Airport]] before killing himself. Wiltshire coroner David Masters asked the British Army "to tighten its rules on alcohol and gun security".<ref>{{cite news|date=September 17, 2003|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3117276.stm|title=Army accused over soldier deaths|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=March 8, 2014}}</ref>
* January 20, 2012: An Afghan soldier opened fire on French soldiers, killing four and injuring fifteen, eight of whom were seriously wounded. He was subsequently arrested and confessed his motivation came from a [[Video of U.S. Marines urinating on Taliban fighters|published video of American Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters]] and a published video of British soldiers abusing Afghan children.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 22, 2012 |title=Afghan soldier 'killed French troops over US abuse video' |url=http://dawn.com/2012/01/22/afghan-soldier-killed-french-troops-over-us-abuse-video/ |access-date=April 19, 2012 |agency=Agence France-Presse (AFP) |work=DAWN.COM}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Afghan soldier 'killed French troops over US abuse video'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9030919/Afghan-soldier-killed-French-troops-over-US-abuse-video.html|access-date=June 24, 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=January 22, 2012|location=London}}</ref> The incident led French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] to threaten to withdraw all [[French forces in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/world/europe/sarkozy-weighs-afghan-withdrawal-after-4-french-troops-killed.html?pagewanted=all|title=France Weighs Pullout After 4 of Its Soldiers Are Killed|first1=Steven|last1=Erlanger|first2=Alissa J.|last2=Rubin|date=January 20, 2012|accessdate=February 26, 2012|newspaper=New York Times}}</ref>
* August 5, 2014: During a high-ranking coalition delegation speech at the [[Marshal Fahim National Defense University]], an Afghan soldier opened fire on a crowd of 90 Coalition officials and soldiers, leading to the death of U.S. Major General [[Harold J. Greene]] and the wounding of 14 others, including [[German Air Force]] officer [[Michael Bartscher]]. The soldier was killed by two Coalition soldiers at the scene, one Danish and the other American.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-afghanistan-attacks/soldier-who-killed-u-s-general-spent-three-years-in-afghan-army-idUKKBN0G61SL20140806 |last=Shalizi |first=Hamid |title=Soldier who killed U.S. general spent three years in Afghan army |date=August 17, 2014 |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>Ali M. Latifi (August 6, 2014). [http://www.latimes.com/world/afghanistan-pakistan/la-fg-afghanistan-general-20140807-story.html "Afghan soldier who killed U.S. general is identified"]. ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref>

===Iraq War (U.S. forces)===
* March 23, 2003: In [[Kuwait City|Kuwait]], Sergeant [[Hasan Karim Akbar]] cut power to his base and threw four hand grenades into three tents where fellow members of the [[101st Airborne Division]] were sleeping, before opening fire with his rifle as the personnel ran to take cover: Army Captain Christopher S. Seifert and Air Force Major Gregory L. Stone were killed and fourteen other soldiers wounded. Akbar was convicted at a court-martial at [[Fort Bragg, North Carolina]] on April 21, 2005, on two counts of premeditated murder and three counts of attempted premeditated murder, and was sentenced to death on April 28.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/akbar-convicted-of-murder "Akbar Convicted of Murder"], Fox News</ref><ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/WN/militarys-death-row/story?id=9075282 "Military's death row: Hasan Akbar case"], ABC News</ref>
* June 7, 2005: Captain Phillip Esposito and 1st Lieutenant Louis Allen were [[Deaths of Phillip Esposito and Louis Allen|both killed]] after a [[M18 Claymore mine|Claymore mine]] placed on Esposito's office window was detonated at [[Forward Operating Base Danger]] in [[Tikrit]], Iraq. The unit's supply sergeant was charged with the murders, but was acquitted at [[Court-martial|court martial]].<ref>{{cite news|last=von Zielbauer|first=Paul|date=February 21, 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/nyregion/21frag.html?partner=rss&emc=rss|title=After Guilty Plea Offer, G.I. Cleared of Iraq Deaths|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref>
* July 19, 2005: The [[death of LaVena Johnson]] is a suspected fragging incident: she was found dead with a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, gunshot wound to the mouth, and burns from a [[Corrosive substance|corrosive chemical]] on her genitals. Additionally, bloody footprints were discovered outside of her living quarters. The U.S. Army ruled her death as a suicide, and denied claims by her father that she was raped and murdered. Christopher Grey, chief of public affairs for the [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Command|USACIDC]], accused people of spreading [[misinformation]] on the internet that she was murdered.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10518131">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10518131&pnum=0|title=Tracey Barnett: Women GIs in fear of the enemy in their army|author=Barnett, Tracey|date=June 25, 2008|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=October 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/27/lavena_johnson/index.html?source=refresh The tragic story of LaVena Johnson"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528031820/http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/27/lavena_johnson/index.html?source=refresh |date=May 28, 2009 }} by Kate Harding, salon.com. June 27, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=DELACH LEONARD|first=MARY|date=July 19, 2015|title=10 years later, a soldier's family still grieves and questions the Army's version of her death|url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/10-years-later-soldiers-family-still-grieves-and-questions-armys-version-her-death#stream/0|work=St. Louis Public Radio|location=St. Louis Missouri|access-date=May 29, 2018}}</ref>
* 2008: Army sergeant Joseph Bozicevich killed two fellow soldiers: one of his victims was found shot seven times in the corner of the base's small communications station and another in the dirt outside with six bullets in his back. Several witnesses said they saw Bozicevich chasing one of them while firing at him and fired two shots while he stood directly over him. Witnesses also testified to hearing Bozicevich screaming "Kill me!" as he was pinned to the ground. In 2011 he was sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-58725720110810 |title=Sergeant gets life sentence for killing fellow U.S. soldiers |date=August 10, 2011 |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2011/05/army_sgt_joseph_bozicevich_fou.html |title=Army Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich found guilty of killing fellow soldiers in Iraq |work=The Associated Press}}</ref>
* May 11, 2009: Sergeant John Russell [[Camp Liberty killings|opened fire on Camp Liberty with an M16A2 rifle]] and shot dead five U.S. military personnel. Russell pleaded guilty to five counts of premeditated murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Eric M. |date=May 16, 2013 |title=Soldier who killed fellow U.S. troops in Iraq gets life sentence |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-courtmartial-idUSBRE94F0G620130516 |access-date=May 29, 2022}}</ref>
* September 7, 2010: An [[Iraqi Ground Forces|Iraqi soldier]] pulled out his weapon and opened fire on a group of U.S. soldiers after getting into an argument with one of them, leaving two dead and nine injured before the Iraqi was shot dead.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/09/07/iraq.us.soldiers/index.html |title=Iraqi soldier kills 2 U.S. soldiers |date=September 7, 2010 |work=CNN}}</ref>
* September 23, 2010: United States Army Spc. Neftaly Platero shot dead two of his roommates and injured another who he had arguments with in [[Fallujah]]. In June 2013 he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-soldier-charged-with-killing-fellow-troops/ |title=U.S. Soldier Charged with Killing Fellow Troops |date=October 20, 2010 |work=CBS}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.uap.org/post/the-case-of-us-army-specialist-neftaly-platero/ |title=The Case Of US Army Specialist Neftaly Platero |date=October 5, 2022 |work=United States Patriot}}</ref>
* June 12, 2011: An Iraqi soldier killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded a third after smuggling real bullets into a U.S. base training centre: he was immediately killed by U.S. soldiers managing the training event.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2011/1/15/iraqi-soldier-shoots-dead-us-troops |title=Iraqi soldier shoots dead US troops |date=September 15, 2011 |work=Al Jazeera}}</ref>

=== Royal Navy ===
* April 28, 2011: During a port visit to Southampton, Able Seaman Ryan Donovan abandoned his sentry post at the boarding ramp of the submarine [[HMS Astute (S119)|HMS ''Astute'']], and entered the submarine's weapons locker: Donovan took an SA80 rifle and opened fire on CPOs David McCoy and Chris Brown after they confronted him. Donovan then forced his way into the control room, where he shot dead Lieutenant Commander Ian Molyneux and wounded Lt Cdr Christopher Hodge before being tackled to the deck by a visiting dignitary, city council leader [[Royston Smith]], as he reloaded. Donovan pleaded guilty to Molyneux's murder and the attempted murders of Hodge, Brown, and McCoy, and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 25 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20893271|title=HMS Astute nuclear submarine officer shot tackling gunman|work=BBC News |date=January 2, 2013|access-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sailor-jailed-for-submarine-murder-2357287.html|title=Sailor jailed for submarine murder|date=September 19, 2011|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=December 8, 2019}}</ref>

=== Russo-Ukrainian War ===
* January 27, 2022: A Ukrainian conscript soldier named Artemiy Yuryovich Riabchuk, who was serving in [[National Guard of Ukraine|Ukraine's National Guard]] [[2022 Dnipro shooting|opened fire in a machine factory]], killing five fellow soldiers and wounding five others, before fleeing the scene: he was later arrested by police.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soldier opens fire, kills five guards at Ukraine military plant |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/27/soldier-opens-fire-kills-five-troops-at-ukraine-military |access-date=September 19, 2022 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref> On 23 April 2024, Ryabchuk was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{cite news |title=The court handed down a sentence to a strike soldier who shot dead the National Guard in Dnieper in 2022|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2024/04/23/7452534/|access-date=23 April 2024|work=[[Ukrainska Pravda]] |date=23 April 2024|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
* March 2022: According to an unverified Facebook post by a Ukrainian journalist published on March 23, after suffering heavy losses (in excess of close to half of their brigade) a group of Russian conscripts of the [[37th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade|37th Motor Rifle Brigade]] reportedly attacked their commanding officer, Colonel Yuri Medvedev, running him over with a tank, crushing both his legs approximately {{convert|48|km|mi}} from Kyiv, during the [[battle of Makariv]]. An unnamed senior Western official said Medvedev later died of his injuries. The date of the incident is unknown but reports of the hospitalization of Medvedev appeared on March 11.<ref>[https://antikor.com.ua/articles/532047-rossijskij_voennyj_pereehal_na_tanke_svoego_komandira_v_otmestku_za_gibelj_tovarishchej_v_bojah_pod_kievom Российский военный переехал на танке своего командира в отместку за гибель товарищей в боях под Киевом]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/599792-russian-troops-attack-own-commanding-officer-after-suffering-heavy|title=Russian troops attack own commanding officer after suffering heavy losses |date=March 25, 2022 }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Wiktionary|fragging}}
* [[Fratricide]]
* [[List of friendly fire incidents]]
* [[Mutiny]]
* [[Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting]]
* ''[[United States v. Hasan K. Akbar]]''

==References==
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