A Vietnamese-American serving as U.S. Army captain in Iraq in a military advisor capacity has been named Honorary Brigardier General by Iraq. See the press release on PRWeb here.
In the photo, Captain James Van Thach (right) is seen with Iraq’s Brigardier General Nassir al-Hiti.
Excerpts from the press release:
Praise to Allah on this glorious day of 1 April 2008, in our country of the Republic of Iraq, I am very honored to bestow the Honorary Iraqi Army Rank of Staff Brigadier General to James Van Thach.
United States Army Captain James Van Thach volunteered in April 2006, to come to the Republic of Iraq in the capacity as a Military Advisor. For one year he … advised, mentored, assisted in developing training plans with his Iraqi Army counterparts and provided Coalition support on numerous missions in our battlespace. While conducting his advisory role he was injured twice by enemy contact and Allah has spared his life.
He still chose to remain in Iraq to assist our nation in providing security to protect our citizens against Al Qaeda and criminals.
He completed his one year tour in February 2007, but he decided to volunteer for an additional year in the capacity to assist our nation.
Cool.
