NOTES ON PEOPLE (12/05/04)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Holinaty promoted to lieutenant colonel

MANCHESTER, N.J. - Francis L. Holinaty was promoted to lieutenant colonel during a military ceremony held recently in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Son of Mykola and Marion Holinaty of Manchester, N.J. and a recipient of an ROTC scholarship, he was commissioned with the rank of second lieutenant upon graduation from Rider University in 1987.

He participated in Operation Just Cause in Panama in 1989 and spent a year in the Persian Gulf during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. For his meritorious service in support of military operations against a hostile force, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

His next assignment was as a team commander searching for missing Americans from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. He led search teams to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Korea and Japan.

Subsequently he obtained a master's degree in business management from Troy State University. He next attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College, graduating in June 2001. Deployment to Saudi Arabia followed the graduation.

Lt. Col. Holinaty is currently stationed in Fort Leavenworth with his wife and two sons.

He is a member of Branch 27 of the Ukrainian National Association.

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