[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 17, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


           TRIBUTE TO BRIG. GEN. SEBASTIAN F. COGLITORE, USAF

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                        HON. ANDREA H. SEASTRAND

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 17, 1995
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, a friend of the Congress and a long-time 
leader in this Nation's space programs is retiring from the U.S. Air 
Force on February 1 of this year, Brig. Gen. Sebastian Coglitore. His 
most recent position has been as the director of space programs, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, 
Washington, DC. In this position he has provided leadership and program 
management direction for development and procurement of all Air Force 
satellites and launch systems and the related ground infrastructure 
including communications, navigation, surveillance, weather, radar, and 
command and control systems.
  General Coglitore has had a distinguished career of nearly 30 years 
of military service. After being commissioned through the New Jersey 
Institute of Technology Reserve Officer Training Corps Program in 
August 1965, he started his military career as a deputy missile combat 
crew commander for the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile 
System at Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND. His last two decades of 
service have contributed directly to the success of the Department of 
Defense's space programs in both development and operations. General 
Coglitore was program manager of the first Department of Defense 
spacecraft to fly on the space shuttle and later, as the program 
manager for the United States largest space booster, the Titan IV, he 
led the Department's efforts to return to space after the Challenger 
disaster. His many tours of duty at the Pentagon included being deputy 
to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Plans and 
Policy and being military assistant for space to the Secretary of the 
Air Force. He also held the position of command director at the NORAD 
Command Center, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base, CO. Before returning 
to the Pentagon in August 1993 he was the Commander of Space Command's 
30th Space Wing and Director of the Western Range, Vandenberg Air Force 
Base, CA, where he was responsible for all west coast launch 
operations.
  General Coglitore has received numerous awards and decorations, 
including the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with 
two oak leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf 
cluster, the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, and 
most recently the Distinguished Service Medal, the citation of which is 
reprinted below.
  General Coglitore plans to continue his work in space programs in a 
civilian capacity, but has not yet picked a specific location. On 
behalf of my colleagues and the congressional staff who have known and 
worked with General Coglitore we wish him and his wife Reggi the very 
best in their future endeavors.
         Distinguished Service Medal to Sebastian F. Coglitore

       The President of the United States of America, authorized 
     by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, awards the Distinguished 
     Service Medal to Brigadier General Sebastian F. Coglitore for 
     exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great 
     responsibility. General Coglitore distinguished himself as 
     Director of Space Programs, Assistant Secretary of the Air 
     Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon, Washington, District of 
     Columbia, from 20 July 1993 to 31 January 1995. In this 
     important assignment, the forceful leadership and dedicated 
     efforts of General Coglitore were significantly displayed in 
     the research, development, and acquisition of space systems 
     that are critical elements of the future operational 
     effectiveness of the United States Air Force. The singularly 
     distinctive accomplishments of General Coglitore culminate a 
     distinguished career in the service of his country and 
     reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States 
     Air Force.
     

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