[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 130 (Saturday, August 5, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


       TRIBUTE TO NATIONAL GUARDSMAN LTC (P) RICHARD J. MCCALLUM

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 4, 1995
  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, today I wish to recognize a great 
Missourian as well as a great American.
  LTC Richard J. McCallum is a recent graduate from the class of 1995 
at the U.S. Army War College. He is a member of the Missouri National 
Guard and just completed a leave of absence from the University of 
Missouri-Columbia. He received his OCS commission in 1973 as an 
Infantry Officer and he has completed more than 24 years of military 
duty which includes both active duty assignments and National Guard 
membership within the Missouri and Nebraska Army National Guard.
  As a captain, he served for 2 years as the Commander of a Mechanized 
Infantry Company in the Nebraska Army National Guard from 1978 to 1980. 
Subsequently, in 1980, he transferred into the Missouri Army National 
Guard where he has continued to serve to the present date. He was 
promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1990 while serving as the 
deputy chief of staff, MoARNG. His most recent National Guard 
assignment was the Deputy Commander for Plans, Operations and 
Intelligence, Troop Command Headquarters, Kansas City, MO. Prior to 
that, he completed 3 years of command with the 35th R.A.O.C., Rear Area 
Operations Center, and the newly organized 135th R.T.O.C., Rear 
Tactical Operations Center. During these 3 years years of command as a 
lieutenant colonel, he served 8 months of active duty in the northern 
desert of Saudi Arabia while his unit was mobilized in support of 
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
  LTC McCallum had the distribution of being the senior commander from 
the Missouri National Guard who was mobilized for the gulf war. Upon 
his return, he was decorated with five individual awards including the 
Bronze Star for his performance as a commander. Additionally, his unit 
was the only Missouri Guard unit that earned the Meritorious Unit 
Commendation Award while serving on active duty in Saudi Arabia.
  He has a MA and a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the 
field of adult and continuing education. The past 18 years, he has 
worked in various administrative and teaching assignments at the 
University of Missouri-Columbia.
  Last fall he was selected to represent the War College as the only 
student from the Class of 1995 who was given the opportunity to conduct 
a Senior Officer Oral History Interview [SOOHI]. This year's SOOHI was 
conducted with General, U.S. Army, retired, Frederick M. Franks, Jr. 
The SOOHI Program is the Army's organized effort to select a retired 
four-star officer each year and develop a series of taped interviews 
which are transcribed and deposited at the Military History Institute 
and the Center.


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