Military Alumnus of the Year

COL. Peter Hu

Colonel Yu Kun Hu (Peter) is currently the Director G5, US Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Peter Hu was born in Taiwan and later immigrated to the United States in 1978. He has lived in New York, California, Maryland, before calling Alabama home. He started his military career in October 1995, as a member of the Alabama Army National Guard, 1188th Engineer Company, Jacksonville, Alabama. He was later commissioned from the Jacksonville State University ROTC program in 1998 as an Armor Lieutenant. He has served in Brigade Combat Teams, Divisions and Sustainment units throughout his career. He was a M1A1 Abrams Tank Platoon Leader with 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, Baumholder, Germany. Later assigned to Assistant S-4, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division and deployed with TASK FORCE FALCON, Kosovo. After the Adjutant’s Captain’s Career Course, he served as Officer Strength Manager and Plans Officer, 3rd Infantry Division G-1, Fort Stewart, Georgia and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 2003. He commanded Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Soldier Support Battalion (Provisional), OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 2005. Later serving as Observer, Controller, Trainer and Brigade Adjutant, 188th Infantry Brigade (Training Support), 2006-2008. Served as the Brigade Adjutant, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Hovey, Korea, 2008-2009.

Upon completion of resident US Army Intermediate Level Education, served as Chief, Reception, Staging and Onward Division, 14th Human Resources Sustainment Center (HRSC), 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), Fort Bragg, NC, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, 2011-2012. Other assignments include Rear Director, 1st HRSC, 21st TSC, Kaiserslautern, Germany; Secretary to the General Staff, 21st TSC; Deputy ACofS, G-9, 21st TSC. Director of Personnel and Administration, J-1, Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 2015-2016. Upon redeployment, he served as the Chief, Readiness, Distribution, and Analysis Division (RDAD), United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) G-1/4 AG, 2016 – 2017. Served as the ACofS, G-1, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany June 2017-June 2019. Served as the Chief, Military Personnel Services and Programs/Policies, USFK J-1, USAG-Humphreys, South Korea, July 2019-June 2021.

Colonel Hu is a graduate of Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. He has completed Armor Basic Officer Course, Adjutant General Captain’s Career Course, Combined Arms Services and Staff School, Command and General Staff College, and USAF War College. He also earned a Master of Associate degree in Human Resource Development from Webster’s University and Master of Strategic Studies from USAF War College. Colonel Hu’s awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal (one OLC), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (Silver OLC and one Bronze OLC), Combat Action Badge, and the Parachutist Badge.

He is married to the former Julie Faith Pettus, Lineville, Alabama. They have two children, Faith (20), who attends the University of Alabama and Zack (17), who attends FT Knox Middle High School.