[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 139 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: September 29, 1994]
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             TRIBUTE TO COL. KATHRYN G. CARLSON, U.S. ARMY

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 29, 1994

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to a dedicated U.S. 
Army officer and gentlewoman as she departs from her post after 4 years 
as a Deputy Legislative Assistant for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff to the position of commander, Military Entrance Processing 
Stations, eastern region.
  Col. Kathryn G. Carlson deserves our tribute and honor. She has been 
connected with the Congress in one position or another for over 6 years 
of her distinguished 20-year Army career. Colonel Carlson's challenges 
and accomplishments read like an emerging history of the U.S. Army in 
its third century of service to the Nation as it fully realizes the 
incredible talent and potential of women in its ranks.
  A native of Latta, SC, Colonel Carlson graduated Phi Beta Kappa from 
the University of South Carolina in 1970. She also earned a master's 
degree in counseling from Wayne State University. Her military career 
began in 1974 when she received a direct commission in the U.S. Army. 
Upon completing her routine initial training, she acquired an Adjutant 
General Corps Officer specialty with an additional public affairs 
qualification. She served two separate tours with the U.S. Command in 
Berlin, managing protocol, public affairs, and personnel activities. 
She has also been assigned to key personnel positions at the U.S. Army 
Infantry Center and Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA, and U.S. Army 
Forces Command, Fort McPherson, GA.
  This fine officer has held high level assignments on the Army Staff, 
in the Army Secretariat, and on the Joint Staff. She served 
consecutively at the Pentagon as executive officer for the Army's 
civilian personnel modernization project; personnel staff officer in 
the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, directing 
enlisted promotion and professional development programs; Chief of 
Special Actions Branch in the Office of the Army's Chief of Legislative 
Liaison; and finally in the Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff.
  Colonel Carlson is a graduate of the Women's Army Corps and Adjutant 
General Corps Officer Basic Courses, the Adjutant General Corps Officer 
Advanced Course, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and 
the Army War College. Her awards and decorations include the Defense 
Meritorious Service Medal, multiple awards of the Army Meritorious 
Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Army of Occupation 
Medal.
  She has been one of the principal liaison officers to Congress for 
two Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Colin Powell and Gen. 
John Shalikashvili, during momentous times in our Nation's history--the 
end of the cold war, Operations Desert Shield/Storm, Provide Promise, 
Provide Hope, Provide Comfort, Southern Watch, Deny Flight. She has 
served as the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff principal liaison with 
the House Foreign Affairs, Senate Foreign Relations, House and Senate 
Intelligence Committees, and earlier with the House Armed Services 
Committee.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor and privilege for me to pay tribute to 
Col. Kathryn G. Carlson today. It is clear, through her record of 
accomplishment and her command assignment, that she is a professional 
soldier with the clear sense of honor, integrity, and purpose found in 
the finest military officers of this Nation.
  I know that the other Members of this body wish her well in her new 
assignment.

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