Eric Terashima

Eric Terashima (born 1968-1969 ) is an American retired military officer. He is known for his service as a colonel in the United States Marine Corps. He served for 30 years, and had twelve deployments that included eight combat tours., with three of those being in Afghanistan.

Biography He was born in Los Angeles to a Japanese immigrant father and third-generation Japanese American mother. During World War II, his mother's family, the Shimonishis, was forced from their home in southern California and made to move into an internment camp.

He attended the University of Notre Dame on a full Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship. He has personally helped Afghani refugees with resettling in and adjusting to the United States. He has also volunteered to fight in support of Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War.