Lt. Col. Lawrence Anyanwu,
middle, holds the Commander's
Cup. Anyanwu is commander of
the Soldier Support Institute's
Training Support Battalion. Also
pictured are Col. Kevin Shwedo,
left, Fort Jackson Deputy
Commanding Officer; Eric
Hyman, University of South
Carolina director of athletics; and
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Nigerian Listed for
High Rank in U.S.
Army
Lawrence Anyanwu, one of the
109 Nigerian-born soldiers,
currently serving in the U.S.
Army, has been listed for
promotion to the rank of colonel,
making him the first Nigerian in
active service to
attain the rank in the U.S. Army.
Two other Nigerians who have
attained the rank are in the U.S.
Army Reserve. One of them is
Col. Igwekala Njoku, a scientist,
who is currently in the U.S.
Medical Corps.
A bulletin on the promotion
received by a correspondent of
the News Agency of Nigeria on
Sunday in Abuja, said that
Anyanwu who became a
naturalised U.S. citizen in 1990,
got his latest promotion for
outstanding performance.
The U.S. Army's latest promotion
of officers to the rank of colonel
was said to be particularly tough
as only 38 per cent of eligible
officers were promoted,
compared to previous years
when up to 50 per cent of
eligible officers usually got
promoted.
Anyanwu, who is from Amorji-
Ogbe in the Ahiazu Mbaise Local
Government Area of Imo, is
currently on duty tour in Kuwait,
serving as Deputy Director,
Resource Management in the
Third U.S. Army's Central
Command in the Gulf Arab state.
He was said to have also
distinguished himself in military
operations in Hungary and
Bosnia in 1995 and in Kuwait in
2005, from where he made visits
to Iraq in support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
In 2011, Anyanwu was again
sent to Kuwait and Afghanistan in
support of Operation New Dawn
and Operation Enduring
Freedom, respectively.
The Nigerian-born serviceman,
said to be noted for his level-
headedness and outstanding
performance in military
assignments, had also served as
battalion commander of the
Training Command Battalion at
Fort Jackson in South Carolina.
Anyanwu, a graduate of the U.S.
Army War College with a
master’s degree in strategic
studies also holds a bachelor’s
degree in finance and a master’s
degree in engineering
technology.
He joined the U.S. Army in 1986
as a private, after spending two
years studying finance and
banking at the Imo State College
of Technology in Owerri.


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sarrki:
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why are you demoting him?


he is a colonel in the US army soon to become a general.

sarrki:
A good Nigerian ambassador

Weldone Lieutenant

Hes an igbo man not a Nigerian

I knew it wouldnt be us.

sarrki:
A good Nigerian ambassador

Weldone Lieutenant

If you call him lieutenant one more time. I'll harvest your teeth.

BUHARIISCURSED:

Hes an igbo man not a Nigerian

Help me tell that alpha zombie.

40kobo77:
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I dedicate this FTC to the Urhobo people of Delta State.

What is this one saying?When did Lawrence Anyanwu become an igbo name
He is a confirm Yoruba man.

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Here is Nigeria he may never have reached a major talkless of a colonel, because he is an Igbo Christian.

kingdompropty:
Here is Nigeria he may never have reached a major talkless of a colonel, because he is an Igbo Christian.

Igbo and hausa tribes are the majority in the army if you dont know.You are just spitting nonsense