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Green Beret earns MacArthur Leadership Award.(UPDATE)(Brief article)
The General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Awards were presented on May 14, 2008, to 28 Army officers at the Pentagon by U.S. Army Chief of Staff George W. Casey.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Hunt, assigned to the 1st Special Forces Group at Fort Lewis, Wash., was recognized as one of the finest leaders in the U.S. Army when he was presented the General Douglas MacArthur Award.
Hunt, the only active-duty warrant officer selected for the award, stated that receiving the award is "humbling." He went on to say, "I personally felt overwhelmed to have been selected. When you look at the people that are past winners, it hits you what my superiors thought of me. The name Douglas MacArthur means a lot."
The road Hunt traveled to be recognized was long and arduous. In the 1st SF Group, Chief Hunt has served on separate deployments to Afghanistan, the Philippines and Iraq. Among his credits on his latest deployment to Iraq were advising two Iraqi battalions.
However, the dedication to his men may be Hunt's ...