Military career Hector E. Pagan



major general james parker , elizabeth pagan pinned stars on pagan s shoulders


on september 27, 2007, pagan promoted brigadier general @ ceremony held @ fort bragg officers club. major general james parker, commander of john f. kennedy special warfare center , school , pagan s wife, elizabeth, pinned stars on shoulders. present rotc classmates, friend chile, family members puerto rico , south korean brigadier general , admiral eric t. olson, commander of u.s. special operations command @ macdill air force base in tampa, florida. pagan quoted saying:



grateful nation, army, allows guy me general officer 1 day , pagan said. grateful great soldiers have served during years have been in army, in special forces, exceptional men, ones we’ve lost in iraq served 5th special forces group. carry memories me every day of life.



special operations command south

bg pagan members of puerto rican government on memorial day 2008


in 2008, pagan selected head u.s. special operations forces throughout latin america , caribbean commander of special operations command south (socsouth) @ homestead air reserve base, florida. pagan made history yet again first commanding officer of puerto rican descent command socsouth. command subordinate, unified command of u.s. southern command, based in doral , oversees u.s. military special operations in region.


special operations command south oversees special forces, civil affairs, public affairs , psychological operations missions throughout latin america , caribbean. command manages more 200 special operations deployments per year average of 42 missions in 26 countries @ given time.


pagan retired army after change of command ceremony held 17 september 2010 between himself , rdml thomas brown. career spanned on 30 years.








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