Upon returning to Hawaii D'Araujo continued his military career, including serving as Commander of the Hawaii Army National Guard's Troop Command and United States Property and Fiscal Officer for Guam.[4]
In 1983 D'Araujo was selected to serve as Senior Army National Guard Advisor for the Commander of U.S. Army Mobilization and Readiness Region III.[6] He subsequently carried out an assignment at the National Guard Bureau as Chief of the Mobilization Readiness Division,[7] followed by assignment as Chief of the National Guard Bureau's Training Division.[8]
In June, 1987 D'Araujo was appointed Assistant Adjutant General – Army for the Hawaii National Guard. He served in this position until 1990, when he was named deputy director of the Army National Guard.[9]
In 1993 D'Araujo was named Director of the Army National Guard, and was succeeded as deputy director by William C. Bilo. He served in this position until retiring from the military in 1995.[10]
From 2002 to 2007 he worked for FEMA, including assistant director of the Readiness, Response and Recovery Directorate and Director of FEMA's Recovery Division.[12]
Since 2007 he has continued to work as an independent consultant on defense and homeland security issues.[13]
References
^Gaco-Escalera, Tech Sgt. Catherine (15 May 2009). "What Asian American Pacific Heritage Month means to me". Kaiserslautern American. Retrieved 18 August 2014. That includes those who are well-known and famous who worked to shatter the stereotypes against us, like Filipino-American Maj. Gen. John R. D'Araujo Jr., the first Filipino-American to hold the rank of major general and the first to hold that position, and Sgt. LeRoy A. Mendonca, who was posthumously presented a Medal of Honor for gallantry in repulsing the enemy in Chichon, Korea. "Asian/Pacific American Military Timeline". Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute. The Chinese Historical and Cultural Project. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2014. Maj. Gen. John R. D'Araujo Jr. became the first Filipino-American to hold the rank of major general and the position of director of the Army National Guard Bureau.
^U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Hearing Record, Department of Defense Appropriations for 1996, Biographical sketch, John R. D'Araujo Jr., 1995, page 94
^U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Hearing Record, Department of Defense Appropriations for 1996, Biographical sketch, John R. D'Araujo Jr., 1995, page 94
^Susan B. Gall, Irène Natividad, The Asian-American Almanac, 1995, page 391
^U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Hearing Record, Department of Defense Appropriations for 1996, Biographical sketch, John R. D'Araujo Jr., 1995, page 94
^U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Statement of John R. D’Araujo before the Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, April 24, 2007
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