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Article: Green Beret earns MacArthur Leadership Award
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- Special Warfare
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- July 1, 2008
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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 ...