[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1329-E1330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                A TRIBUTE TO BRIG. GEN. JEFFREY R. GRIME

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                       HON. WALTER B. JONES, JR.

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 27, 1995
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize Brig. Gen. Jeffrey R. 
Grime for his dedicated service to our Nation as the commander of the 
4th Wing for the U.S. Air Force. General Grime was assigned to Seymour 
Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, NC in July 1993 as commander of the 
4th Wing. The 4th Wing has been involved in every major air support 
action undertaken by the United States. General Grime also commands an 
F-15E and 

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KC-10 composite wing, a major air combat command base with more than 
4,600 personnel who provide logistics support for the 916th Air 
Refueling Wing.
  General Grime served with distinction from February to August 1994 as 
the commander of the 4404th Composite Wing at Dhahran Air Base in Saudi 
Arabia. He has also presided over the addition of the national training 
mission for the F-15E--giving Seymour Johnson the world's largest 
compliment of this state-of-the-art weapons system. Also under his 
command, the 4th Wing received the highest rating during the air combat 
command operational readiness inspection, thus establishing a new 
standard of excellence for the U.S. Air Force.
  As if his operational contributions have not been enough, General 
Grime distinguished himself in reaching out to the civilian community 
of the Goldsboro area. This was shown in an increase in base tours and 
by over 94,000 hours of volunteer work by service members in Wayne 
County in 1994 alone. Indeed, General Grime has made a big difference 
in the lives of many--and there are plenty of personal testimonies 
supporting it. From all of us who have worked with General Grime, we 
join in bidding him a fond farewell. Thank you, Jeff Grime, for your 
friendship and extraordinary contributions to Goldsboro-Wayne County, 
NC, and to our Nation.


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