[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 10 (Monday, February 7, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: February 7, 1994]
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                  RETIREMENT OF COL. HENRY L. CYR, JR.

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President. I am honored to take this opportunity to 
congratulate Col. Henry L. Cyr, Jr., of Hopedale, MA, upon his 
retirement later this month from the U.S. Air Force.
  In 1967, Colonel Cyr graduated from Holy Cross College in Worcester 
and became a commissioned officer through the Air Force ROTC program. 
Since then, Colonel Cyr has served with great distinction in many 
locations throughout the United States and abroad. Time and again, he 
and the units he has served have been recognized with some of the 
highest awards that the Air Force bestows upon its members.
  In 1971, Colonel Cyr received the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 
given for his work as the first commander of the Air Force 
Communications Command Non-Commissioned Officer Academy at the 
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in Missouri. From 1978 to 1980, Colonel 
Cyr was the Chief of the Consolidated Base Personnel Office at Incirlik 
Air Base in Turkey, where he earned the Humanitarian Service Medal for 
his assistance in the evacuation of Americans from Iran during that 
difficult period in our recent history.
  Colonel Cyr had served in the Pentagon from 1973 to 1978, and he 
returned there in 1989. He served as Chief of the Contingency and Joint 
Matters Division during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He was also 
involved in operations in the former Yugoslavia, Somalia, and Haiti, as 
well as those following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the 
Philippines and Hurricane Andrew in Florida. His efforts helped the 
Combat Operations Staff earn the Organizational Excellence Award.
  I commend Colonel Cyr for his outstanding contribution to the Air 
Force and the Nation. I also express my gratitude and appreciation to 
his family--his wife Geraldine; his son Henry, who is following in his 
father's footsteps as a captain in the Air Force; his daughter Alicia 
Stenard, who is a school teacher in North Carolina, and his son 
Matthew, who is a junior at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, 
VA.
  Finally, it has also been a privilege to hear from many of Colonel 
Cyr's colleagues, who have clearly admired his ability and have enjoyed 
serving with him. I congratulate Colonel Cyr on his extraordinary 
service, and I wish him well in the years ahead.

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