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Eric K. Shinseki, U.S. Army officer who was the first Asian American to achieve the rank of four-star general. He commanded North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) peacekeeping forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1997–98), served as army chief of staff (1999–2003), and was secretary of veterans affairs

Eric K. Shinseki was born on Nov. 28, 1942, in Lihue, which is located on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. 2. Shinseki was a Boy Scout growing up in Hawaii and attended Kauai High School, where...

General Shinseki served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Support, Allied Land Forces Southern Europe (Verona, Italy), an element of the Allied Command Europe. From March 1994 to July 1995, General Shinseki commanded the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.

Thu, 03/23/2023 - 07:10. Retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, a former Army chief of staff and Veterans Affairs secretary, is the 2023 recipient of the Association of the U.S. Army’s highest award. The George Catlett Marshall Medal, awarded for distinguished and selfless service, is presented annually during the association’s annual meeting and ...

June 23, 2002 When General Eric K. Shinseki became the Army’s thirty-fourth Chief of Staff, in June of 1999, he declared that he would transform the ponderous Cold War force that stared down...

Eric Ken Shinseki ( / ʃɪnˈsɛki /; Japanese: 新関 健, born November 28, 1942) is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009–2014) and the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999–2003).

Eric Shinseki served as the United States Secretary of Veteran Affairs from 2009 to 2014 and was the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army from 1999 to 2003. He is the first Asian American Secretary of Veteran Affairs and the first Asian American four-star general. Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War and was awarded three ...

Eric Shinseki. U.S. Army general. Shinseki graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1965 with a bachelor's degree. He earned an M.A. in English literature from Duke University. He has also taken the Armor Officer Advanced Course and attended the Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College.