HONOLULU (ISLAND NEWS) – The Army has a new Native Hawaiian two-star general. Lance Okamura was promoted recently and is one of just a few Native Hawaiians to ever hold that rank in the United States Army. He gave us an exclusive interview about his new role.
When asked about being a role model for other Hawaiians, he said, “I have honestly never viewed myself as a role model because I still have an immense amount of learning and growing to do no matter how old I may be. I’ve always just viewed myself as a simple servant and supporter to our nation and to the people of Hawaii.”
In his new job, Okamura is one of three Deputy Commanding Generals for US Army Pacific, responsible for providing peace and prosperity in this vast region called the Indo-Pacific theater that ranges from the Coast of California to country of India, …