COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR JAMES " JIM " KAAPUNI HUSSEY, JR., US ARMY RETIRED
ELDEST SON OF THE FORMER HAWAII ISLAND FIRE CHIEF JAMES K. HUSSEY, SR.
SERVED IN HAWAII NATL' GUARD IN HILO AND 442ND/100TH BATTALION, US ARMY RESERVE
IN HONOLULU, AND THEN 34 YEARS IN US ARMY IN AIRBORNE INFANTRY, RANGER,
SPECIAL FORCES AND SIGNAL UNITS IN PANAMA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, FAR EAST.
AND THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING 4 COMBAT TOURS IN VIETNAM WITH
THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION, 5TH SPECIAL FORCES (AIRBORNE) AND CO. P, 75TH
RANGER (AIRBORNE). IN 1993 RETIRED AS REGIMENTAL COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR ,
US ARMY SIGNAL CORPS AND POST COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR OF FT GORDON,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
APPOINTED AND SERVED AS DISTRICT FIELD REPRESENTATIVE/MILITARY-VETERANS
AFFAIRS ADVISOR BY THE LATE US CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE NORWOOD - AUGUSTA,
GEORGIA FROM 1994-2003; THEN APPOINTED AND SERVED AS MILITARY-VETERANS
ADVISOR/EAST GEORGIA REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE BY FORMER US SENATOR SAXBY
CHAMBLISS - STATE OF GEORGIA FROM 2004 - 2014
RETIRED WITH 20 YEARS OF FEDERAL SERVICE (1994 - 2014) IN 2014 AND MOVED BACK TO
KAILUA KONA
ATTENDED ST. JOSEPH'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN HILO, ST. STEPHEN'S HIGH SCHOOL AND
CHAMINADE JUNIOR COLLEGE IN HONOLULU. RECEIVED BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND MASTERS IN EDUCATION FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY
LIFE-MEMBER AND COMMANDER OF KONA AMERICAN LEGION POST 20, LIFE-MEMBER OF
KONA DAV CHAPTER 7 AND KONA VFW POST 12122, AND MEMBER OF THE BIG ISLAND
RETIRED MILITARY ASSOCIATION ( BIRMA), BIG ISLAND VIETNAM 50TH ANNIVERSARY
COMMITTEE, KONA-KOHALA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, KONA ELKS CLUB, KONA
KIWANIS CLUB, WEST HAWAII MENS GOLF CLUB AND THE MAKALEI GOLF CLUB