Antonio Taguba
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Antonio Taguba
Major General Antonio M. Taguba (born October 31, 1950), became known worldwide when a classified report he wrote about cases of torture at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was published in 2004. Taguba is only the second Filipino American to attain the rank of U.S. Army General.
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Background
He was born in Sampaloc, Manila, the Philippines. His father was a soldier who survived the Bataan death march during the second world war, and Taguba was raised by his mother and grandmother. At the age of 11 his family moved to Hawaii, USA.
Education
Taguba graduated from Leilehua High School in 1968. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Idaho State University in 1972, and graduated from the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Course, the Army Command and General Staff College, the College of Naval Command and Staff, and the Army War College.
He has received three master's degrees; for public administration at Webster University, for international relations from Salve Regina College, and for national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College.
Military career
In South Korea Taguba served in the 1st Battalion, 72d Armor, 2d Infantry Division, Eight United States Army.
At Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA, he commanded the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Staff and Faculty Battalion, Field Artillery School/Center.
Taguba worked for three years in Germany, and commanded a tank company of a mechanized infantry division at Mainz, Company B, 4th Battalion, 69th Armor Division.
Back in Korea he commanded the 1st Battalion, 72d Armor, 2d Infantry Division at Camp Casey; and was the executive officer of the Republic of Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command in Yongsan.
At the Pentagon he served as a Materiel Systems Analyst, Office of the Chief of Staff, Army.
At Fort McPherson, Georgia, USA, he was the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army reserve Command.
At Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA, he was the Assistant Division Commander-Forward, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) and Deputy Commanding General (South), First U.S. Army.
At Fort Hood, Texas, USA, he commanded the "St. Lo", the 2d Brigade, 2d Armored Division. Colonel Taguba was the commander of the "Warhorse", the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division from June 1995 until he resigned in June 1997.
In Alexandria, Virginia, USA, he was promoted to general, and commanded the United States Army Community and Family Support Center.
Major General Taguba is currently Deputy Commanding General for Support, Third U.S. Army, U.S. Army Forces Central Command (USARCENT), Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC), based in Kuwait.
Decorations.
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters
- Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters
- Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
- Army Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
- Army General Staff identification badge
External links
- Taguba is called a straight arrow (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/printedition/bal-te.taguba06may06,0,5522560.story?coll=bal-pe-asection) - Baltimore Sun