Sergeant Major Timothy A. Bolyard jomotv news
An American soldier killed by an Afghan ally on Monday was the highest-ranking enlisted soldier of a unit that forms the U.S. Army’s newest adviser brigade deployed to Afghanistan, U.S. military officials said. The brigade deployed in February as part of the Trump administration’s latest strategy in America’s longest-running war. 
U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Timothy A. Bolyard, 42, the highest enlisted soldier for 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, a unit that makes up 3rd Squadron, 1st Security Force Brigade (SFAB) out of Fort Benning, Georgia, was killed on Monday afternoon in eastern Afghanistan in an apparent insider threat attack on American forces. 
A Pentagon spokesperson with the Defense Department Press Operations Center told Newsweek on Tuesday afternoon that Bolyard's identity was reportable as of 3 p.m., due to his familly approving media coverage of his dignfied transfer once his body arrives at Dover Air Force base in Delaware.
Bolyard was on his 13th deployment overseas, eight of which were combat deployments. For his service, the command sergeant major was awarded the Bronze Star—the nation’s fourth highest military decoration—on six different occasions. Two of Bolyard’s Bronze Stars were given with valor, a device that denotes heroism in combat.
Sergeant Major Timothy A. Bolyard jomotv news