Oscar Hilman (born 1950), is a Filipino American, Brigadier General or BG, and US Army Commander of the Heavy Armor Brigade at Joint Base Balad and Logistics Area Anaconda aka Camp Anaconda, formerly known as Al-Bakr Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة البكر الجوية)in Iraq.

In a series of town hall meetings, he spoke to the Filipino workers—often in Tagalog—and persuaded them to stay put by assuring them of their safety in camp.

When he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Criminology in 1968, Hilman returned to Cebu City and was not successful in landing any good jobs.

Though he was born in the Philippines BG Hilman's family suffered a tremendous loss when his grandfather and uncle perished in the Bataan Death March.

When Colonel Hilman became the Director of Plans, Operations and Training for the Washington National Guard; he was on his way to a higher level of command.

Of his successes in the promotion ladder, he states, "I'd study hard and made sure that in every training, I would land in the top percent of my class.

Due to the strategic military importance and size, Camp Anaconda was the target of 40 to 50 mortar attacks a day.

The American news media and politicians of Washington, DC caught wind of this and propagated the story as an indecisiveness of the Defense Department.

With the political maelstrom of incessant phone calls from senators and congressman, Hilman avoided this conflict by taking a vacation.

[5] Despite the controversial events and of perils of being in the epicenter of the war zone, BG Hilman is noted for being a "true warrior" for his stint in Iraq.

Furthermore, it is remarkable that while serving his adopted country, Hilman's career of service came full circle with his Filipino roots when he took it upon himself to look after the welfare of his fellow Kababayans.

By improving the living conditions of Filipinos in the military base in Balad, Iraq, he was, in effect, also serving his native land.