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Petty officer honored
for saving touristPetty Officer Charles Sharp has been awarded the U.S. Coast Guard's silver lifesaving medal for rescuing an unconscious tourist who was caught in 12-foot surf at Waimea Bay on Feb. 28. Sharp responded to a cry for help from a boy on the beach and was the first to respond to the woman. He assisted a lifeguard in bringing the victim back to shore, where she was revived and taken to a hospital.
Maj. Gen. David W. Barno, who has held several assignments at the 25th Infantry Division and Camp Smith, will become the next commander of military operations in Afghanistan. Barno, currently commanding general of the U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson in South Carolina, will receive his third star with the new assignment.
Barno's last Hawaii assignment was deputy director for operations for the U.S. Pacific Command from June 2000 to August 2001. He went to Camp Smith after serving as the Tropic Lightning's assistant division commander from June 1999 to June 2000 where he received his first star. From December 1976 to June 1981 Barno served in various positions with the 25th Division's 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry. He received his second star in February.
Two Pearl Harbor-based vessels -- the cruiser USS Chosin and the attack submarine USS Pasadena -- last week participated in the largest ever India-U.S. naval exercise off the southwest coast of India. "This exercise is a great opportunity for increasing military cooperation between India and the U.S.," Capt. Edward M. Boorda, commander of the guided-missile cruiser Chosin, told the Associated Press. "It also helps us to fight the global war against terrorism."
The Indian navy deployed two guided-missile frigates, a submarine and a tanker ship for the exercise. The San Diego-destroyer USS Fitzgerald and P-3 Orion subhunters participated in the exercise. The last India-U.S. naval exercises was held in 2002. A series of India-U.S. military exercises began in 1992, but lapsed after Washington imposed military and economic sanctions on India after its nuclear tests in May 1998.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Garry R. Trexler has been promoted to lieutenant general and will become the deputy commander of U.N. Command Korea and deputy commander of U.S. Forces Korea and commander of Air Component Command of South Korea's U.S. Combined Forces Command. He also will serve as commander of the Pacific Air Forces' 7th Air Force. Trexler is currently serving as director of air and space operations at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces at Hickam Air Force Base.
The Newport News Daily Press reported on Friday that Adm. Vernon Clark, the chief of naval operations, said he has no plans to move a carrier group from the East Coast to the Pacific. Clark apparently was responding to statements by retired Adm. Robert Natter, who recommended that the Navy move some of his forces to the Pacific Fleet in May. Natter retired Oct. 3 as head of the Atlantic Fleet. His counterpart in the Pacific, Adm. Walter F. Doran, said on Oct. 1 that the Navy could move an aircraft carrier from the continental United States to Hawaii or Guam to respond more quickly to a crisis in the Asia-Pacific region.Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Clark that he wanted the Navy to figure out how to enhance its presence globally, the admiral said during a break at the U.S. Naval Institute's Eighth Annual Warfare Exposition and Symposium.
Moving Up
>> Pearl Harbor: Cmdr. Brian T. Howes has assumed command the nuclear attack submarine USS La Jolla, relieving Cmdr. Phillip G. Sawyer.>> Fort Shafter: Lt. Col. Jonathan Wung has assumed command of the Army Reserve's 411th Engineer Battalion.
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"In the Military" was compiled from wire reports and other
sources by reporter Gregg K. Kakesako, who covers military affairs for
the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. He can be reached can be reached by phone
at 294-4075 or by e-mail at gkakesako@starbulletin.com.
