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IN THE MILITARY

UH teacher named
National Guard
brigadier general

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By Gregg K. Kakesako
Star-Bulletin

Army National Guard Col. James Carpenter, who has been teaching at the University of Hawaii for more than 25 years, has been nominated to the rank of brigadier general.

Carpenter is currently commander of the nearly 4,000-member Hawaii Army National Guard. He joins the ranks of three other island reservists who have been nominated to wear stars on their shoulders pending approval by the U.S. Senate.

Announced earlier were the promotions of:

Brig. Gen Dennis Kamimura to the rank of two-star major general. Kamimura is now deputy commander general at Fort Shafter's U.S. Army's Pacific command.

Col. Glen Sakagawa to one-star brigadier general. Sakagawa is commander of the Hawaii Army National Guard's 3,400-member 29th Infantry Brigade.

Col. Stephen Tom to one-star general in the Army Reserve. Tom is assistant chief of staff at Yongsan in South Korea.

Kamimura, Sakagawa and Carpenter are Vietnam War veterans.

Carpenter is a recent recipient of the National Association of College Teachers in Agriculture Teaching Award of Merit and the UH Board of Regents Medal of Excellence in Teaching.

FOUR 25th Infantry Division (Light) and one Hawaii Army National Guard logistic units were among 43 active and reserve units named recipients in the Army's annual supply awards program.

The winners included the 25th Division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Schofield Barracks; the 20th Military Intelligence Battalion at Fort Shafter; 725th Maintenance Support Battalion at Schofield Barracks; Company C , 25th Aviation Regiment and Company B of the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Support Battalion.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric Shinseki said one of the reasons the Army is recognized as the most successful in the world is because of its supply and maintenance operations. "Where we make the difference is in supplying, supporting and maintaining ourselves and we do it better than anyone else."

FOUR days of aloha will bring together Korean War veterans from Hawaii, South Korea and the mainland to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean War next week.

On Monday at 5:30 p.m., a sunset memorial service will be held on the fantail of the USS Missouri berthed at Ford Island. The Missouri was involved in the Inchon landing of U.S. Marines and Army troops on Sept. 15, 1950.

At 9 a.m. Tuesday, the veterans and their families will be honored with a parade at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe.

At 9 a.m. Wednesday, the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory at Hickam Air Force Base will conduct a tour of its facilities .

The final event will be a luau at the St. Louis alumni clubhouse at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.