[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                      COLONEL MICHAEL D. BROWNELL

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                          HON. NORMAN D. DICKS

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, Colonel Michael D. Brownell retired from the 
U.S. Army on October 1, 1994, serving 5 years as staff director and 
senior policy advisor of the Reserve Forces Policy Board in the Office 
of the Secretary of Defense, and after completing a long and 
distinguished career of over 40 years of service to our Nation. He is a 
native of Seattle, WA.
  Colonel Brownell enlisted in the Washington National Guard as a 
private at age 17 on September 22, 1954. He served with the 41st 
Reconnaissance Company in Bremerton, WA, performing such duties as 
company clerk, tank gunner, tank driver, and squad leader. Upon 
entering the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, he served as a 
sergeant with the 286th Anti-Aircraft Battalion (90MM) of the 
Washington National Guard and the 334th Chemical Company of the U.S. 
Army Reserve.
  Colonel Brownell was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. 
Army Reserve on September 22, 1964. He was initially assigned as 
Assistant Personnel Officer and as Personnel Officer of the Seattle 
U.S. Army Reserve School, and subsequently served as an instructor and 
assistant operations officer. He initiated race relations training at 
the school and received numerous accolades for his innovative work as 
unit race relations officer.
  Colonel Brownell entered on extended active duty as a Captain in June 
1975 at Headquarters, First United States Army, Fort George G. Meade, 
MD. His initial duty was as Chief, Senior Officer Branch, Headquarters, 
First U.S. Army, with responsibility for managing Army Reserve General 
Officer and Colonel Company positions throughout the First Army Area. 
After serving 3 years at First Army, Colonel Brownell was selected as 
General Officer Management Officer in the Office of the Chief, Army 
Reserve, a position he held for 6 years. He was then assigned to the 
Army Reserve Personnel Center in St. Louis, MO in October 1984, serving 
as Chief of the Command Coordination Branch and as Chief of the Command 
Support Division.
  Colonel Brownell returned to the Pentagon in August 1986 as a 
personnel staff officer in the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, 
managing a variety of officer personnel programs, including a 
professional development plan for Army Reserve soldiers. He was later 
assigned as a personnel officer in the Office Accession Branch of the 
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters, 
Department of the Army, until his promotion to the grade of Colonel.

  Colonel Brownell was then assigned to the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense where he served as editor of the Reserve Forces Policy Board's 
annual report to the President and Congress entitled ``Reserve 
Component Programs.'' This report articulates Reserve Component issues 
to the Secretary of Defense, the President, Members of Congress, and 
the public. The Reserve Forces Policy Board is, by statute, the 
principal policy adviser to the Secretary of Defense on matters 
relating to the Reserve Components.
  Colonel Brownell also served as staff director of the Reserve Forces 
Policy Board's Personnel Committee during Operations Desert Shield/
Storm. In that capacity, he developed and recommended policies on a 
broard range of issues that contributed to the readiness and 
effectiveness of the National Guard and Reserve forces during the 
Persian Gulf war.
  While on active duty, Colonel Brownell completed the Army Command and 
General Staff College, the National Security Management Program at the 
National Defense University, the Senior Executives in National Security 
Program at Harvard University, and the Personnel Management for 
Executives Course. He continues to serve as a member of the faculty of 
the Army Training Center for the Personnel Management for Executives 
course.
  As a civilian, Colonel Brownell received an Associate in Arts degree 
from Olympic College in Bremerton, WA in 1956 and a Bachelor of Arts 
degree and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University 
of Washington.
  He was a staff member of the University of Washington for 10 years 
immediately following graduation, serving in a variety of roles in the 
University's Staff Personnel Office, as personnel manager of University 
Hospital, and as a manager of administrative services manager in the 
University of Washington Medical School. He later served 5 years as 
assistant personnel director for the city of Seattle and as adjunct 
professor of personnel management at the University of Puget Sound.
  Colonel Brownell currently resides with his wife, Janell, in 
Alexandria, VA. He has two grown daughters, Sandra and Melinda; Sandi 
is a First Lieutenant in the Army Reserve and Melinda is a Regular Army 
First Lieutenant stationed at Fort Lewis, WA. Colonel Brownell is a 
member of the board of directors of the Northwest Ethics Institute and 
a former board member of the Pacific Northwest Personnel Management 
Association, the Washington Council of Public Personnel Administrators, 
the Washington State Hospital Personnel Directors Association, the 
Society of Research Administrators, and the Seattle Management 
Association. He is a life member of the Reserve Officers Association of 
the United States and the Retired Officers Association.
  His decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the 
Legion of Merit, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak 
Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster, 
and numerous other awards and decorations.

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