Amputee eager to return to duty for Army Reserve

Sgt. 1st Class Juanita Wilson, a member of the Pacific Army Reserve's 411th Engineer Battalion who lost her left arm below the elbow in Iraq, re-enlisted Thursday in Washington, D.C. Wilson said she was very proud that Army officials determined she was capable to continue to serve after her injury.

"I'm very humbled by the fact that my senior leaders deem me fit for duty," Wilson said in an Pentagon news release. "The Army believes, as I believe, that I can make a difference and be a leader and continue my military career -- and do an outstanding job at it."

After more than a year of rehab, she said she was anxious to get back to duty.

Wilson was wounded Aug. 21, 2004, when a roadside bomb detonated under her vehicle.

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Hickam Air Force Base received its fourth C-17 Globemaster, similar to the one pictured above, yesterday.

The fourth of eight expected C-17 Globemaster cargo jets arrived yesterday at Hickam Air Force Base. Since February, air crews from the active duty 535th Airlift Squadron and the Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Airlift Squadron have flown support for the flooding on Kauai, relief effort to the Philippines, repatriation of servicemen remains recovered from Vietnam and transporting passengers and cargo in Baghdad.

Moving up

» Pearl Harbor: Rear Adm. Michael C. Vitale, commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group, has been named to head Carrier Strike Group 2, based at Norfolk, Va.

"In the Military" was compiled from wire reports and other sources by reporter Gregg K. Kakesako, who covers military affairs for the Star-Bulletin. He can be reached by phone at 294-4075 or by e-mail at gkakesako@starbulletin.com.