17 Facts About Antonio Taguba

Antonio Taguba was the second American citizen of Philippine birth to be promoted to general officer rank in the United States Army.

Antonio Taguba again made national headlines in June 2008 when he accused the Bush administration of committing war crimes in a preface to a report by Physicians for Human Rights on prisoner abuse and torture in American military prisons.

Antonio Taguba was born in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines, the city to which his family had moved from their home province of Cagayan.

Antonio Taguba graduated from Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, Hawaii, in 1968.

Antonio Taguba received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Idaho State University in 1972, and graduated from the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Course, the Army Command and General Staff College, the College of Naval Command and Staff, and the Army War College.

Antonio Taguba then served for three years in Germany, commanding a tank company in a mechanized infantry division at Mainz.

Back in Korea, Antonio Taguba commanded the 1st Battalion, 72nd Armored Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Casey; and was the executive officer for plans and policy of the Republic of Korea-US Combined Forces Command in Yongsan.

At the Pentagon Antonio Taguba served as a material systems analyst, Office of the Chief of Staff, Army.

At Fort Hood, Texas, he commanded the "St Lo," 2nd Brigade, 2nd Armored Division; when the brigade was transferred to the 4th Infantry Division, Colonel Antonio Taguba assumed command of the "Warhorse," 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division from June 1995 until he transferred command in June 1997.

At Fort McPherson, Georgia, Antonio Taguba was chief of staff of the United States Army Reserve Command.

At Alexandria, Virginia, Antonio Taguba was promoted to brigadier general and given command of the United States Army Community and Family Support Center.

Major General Antonio Taguba served for ten months as deputy commanding general for support of the Third United States Army, United States Army Forces Central Command, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, based in Kuwait.

In 2004, Antonio Taguba was assigned to report on abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Later that month, Major General Antonio Taguba was reassigned to the Pentagon to serve as deputy assistant secretary of defense for readiness, training and mobilization in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs.

In January 2006, General Richard A Cody, the Army's Vice-Chief of Staff, instructed Taguba to retire by the following January.

Antonio Taguba became known worldwide when the Antonio Taguba Report, a classified, internal US Army report on the investigation, was leaked to the public and published to national attention.

In June 2008, Antonio Taguba was again in the headlines when he wrote the preface to a report by Physicians for Human Rights on prisoner abuse and torture at Abu Ghraib prison, in Guantanamo Bay, and in Afghanistan.