On Jan. 20 we lost 12 soldiers on the UH-60 Black Hawk that crashed in Baghdad. Take a look at their ranks:
2 COL's
1 LT COL
2 Command Sgt Maj's
1 Maj.
1 Cpt.
1 1stSgt
1 Sgt 1st class
2 Staff Sgt's
1 Cpl (though he's listed as "Sgt" in a hometown article)
One of the colonels was the top medical officer for US troops in Iraq.