U.S. Army (Twitter/X) Sgt. Maj. Mike Vining: The Man. The Meme. The Army Legend. The retired EOD technician and founding member of multiple elite units, Vining made his mark on Army history early in his career when he helped destroy a weapons cache with over 7 million rounds of ammunition. He gained fame online as the subject of Army memes, thanks to his unassuming demeanor and stack of medals. In honor of his bi…

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General ALEXUS G. GRYNKEWICH - Commander U.S. EUCOM & NATO Supreme Allied com. Europe SACEUR - Gen. A. G. Grynkewich - US
@Grynkewich
On this record: Growth · Engagement · What this channel posts · Posts · Citations · Cite this entry
10subscribers
+3 since we began measuring on 13 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of Under 1,000.
Register entry
| Telegram ID | -1002907623405 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @Grynkewich |
| Created | Between 1 August 2025 and 31 October 2025 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 13 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 12 September 2026 |
| Measurements held | 4 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 12 September 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/Grynkewich |
Growth
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Sept 2026, 01:18 | 10 | +1 |
| 4 Sept 2026, 08:20 | 9 | +2 |
| 14 Aug 2026, 08:28 | 7 | no change |
| 13 Aug 2026, 05:02 | 7 | first reading |
Engagement
15 posts held, back to 11 August 2026 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 1 page of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
Nothing published in the last 30 days. ERR and ER are rolling 30-day measures, so there is nothing to compute — we hold 15 posts for this entry, the most recent from 12 August 2026. An engagement rate over an empty window would be a number about nothing.
What this channel posts
- Video runtime
- 12s
- Average length
- 12s
Measured directly from 1 video with a duration reading, out of the posts we hold for this channel — not this channel’s whole posting history, only the sample this register has actually read. An exact reading to the second, taken from the post itself rather than from Telegram’s own rounded chrome, so it carries no ≈ mark.
Recent posts
U.S. Army (Twitter/X) Over his career, Vining earned numerous awards, including Legion of Merit Medal, Bronze Star Medal, two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, Army Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, two Joint Service Achievement Medals and the Army Achievement Medal. He officially retired in 1999 and was inducted in the Ordnance Corps Hall of Fame in 2018.
U.S. Army (Twitter/X) Described by admirers as looking like “someone who would kill you and then do your taxes,” Vining rose to internet fame in the early 2000’s when his retirement photo and details of his career made the rounds. Over the years, countless celebratory memes featuring his face took on many forms, including custom Pokémon cards made in his honor. To this day, his story and career continues to inspir…
U.S. Army (Twitter/X) In May 1970, Vining deployed with the @1stCavalryDiv to a site that would become known as Rock Island East, the largest enemy weapons cache discovered by U.S. forces during the war. The cache included: ▶️ 932 individual weapons ▶️ 85 crew-served weapons ▶️ 7,079,694 small arms and machine gun rounds ▶️ Nearly 1,000 rounds of 85 mm artillery shells for D-44 howitzers and T-34 tanks
U.S. Army (Twitter/X) Inspired by WWII movies, Vining wanted to defuse bombs from a young age. He joined the Army in 1968 at just 17 years old, graduating from EOD training two years later. Soon after, he volunteered to deploy to Vietnam with the 99th Ordnance Detachment. Pictured: Sgt. Maj. Vining in the bottom left corner.
U.S. Army (Twitter/X) Air Assault in action. Watch Soldiers conduct an air assault event during @USARPAC's Best Squad Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. 📽️ Staff Sgt. Xavier Vinson
U.S. Army Europe and Africa (Twitter/X) A live-fire demonstration at AMTEC in Tan-Tan, Morocco, showed how U.S. and Moroccan forces can test and refine emerging technologies in a realistic environment. #ThisIsUSAREURAF #EuropeAfricaInnovation #EuropeAfricaTransformation #SETAFAfrica
U.S. Army Europe and Africa (Twitter/X) A new chapter for the Multi-Domain Effects Battalion. Col. Lawrence J. Lewis relinquished command to Lt. Col. Nathaniel Stickney during a change of command ceremony in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Photos by Sgt. 1st Class Rajheem Dixon) #ThisIsUSAREURAF | #MDCEurope
U.S. Army Europe and Africa (Twitter/X) Army Manufacturing Platoon Expanded Drone Support In Recent Flytrap Event - Defense Daily https://www.defensedaily.com/army-manufacturing-platoon-expanded-drone-support-in-recent-flytrap-event/unmanned-systems/
U.S. Army Europe and Africa (Twitter/X) Handlers, medics, and civilian K9 teams trained in Wiesbaden on canine casualty care and UH-60 familiarization to prepare for emergencies in the field. Read more: https://www.army.mil/article/294428 #ThisIsUSAREURAF #EuropeAfricaReadiness
U.S. Army (Twitter/X) U.S. Army test ranges are now open to private industry for rapid innovation. The U.S. Army, in partnership with AFRICOM, is opening five premier military test ranges to U.S. commercial partners for their internal research, development and rapid experimentation. Commercial developers can now access massive, specialized environments to test drones, counter-drone tech, long-range fires and low-c…
U.S. Army (Twitter/X) We Own the Night. U.S. Army Green Berets assigned to 5th Special Forces Group prepare to leave on Zodiac boats alongside Air National Guard personnel on Charity Island, Michigan, during Operation Northern Strike. 📷 Sgt. Cody Williams
Showing the 12 most recent of 15 posts we hold for @Grynkewich. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.
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Cite this entry
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“General ALEXUS G. GRYNKEWICH - Commander U.S. EUCOM & NATO Supreme Allied com. Europe SACEUR - Gen. A. G. Grynkewich - US” (@Grynkewich), 10 subscribers as measured 12 September 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/Grynkewich.
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