Australian general fills vital Fort Shafter position

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Roger Mathews, left, and Australian Defence Forces Maj. Gen. Richard Burr saluted during a ceremony last month welcoming Burr to Fort Shafter. Burr’s unprecedented appointment to be deputy commanding general at U.S. Army Pacific is the first time a non-American has served in such a high-ranking position at a command like this.