[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6901-S6902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO COL. STANLEY F. DAVIDSON

   Mr. D'AMATO. Mr. President, I rise today to honor Col. 
Stanley F. Davidson, who will retire from the U.S. Army on July 1, 1996 
after completing a long and distinguished career of more than 30 years 
of service to our Nation, including 6 years of service in key 
assignments in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. I would like to 
take a few minutes to highlight some of his contributions and 
accomplishments.
  Colonel Davidson joined the U.S. Army Reserve as a private on August 
30, 1965 and rose to the rank of sergeant. After completing 4 years of 
enlisted service, he was selected to attend Officer Candidate School 
and was appointed a second lieutenant on June 16, 1969. He served in 
several Army Reserve units within the 77th U.S. Army Reserve Command 
and the 98th Division (Training) in the State of New York and in the 
Missouri Army National Guard. He subsequently rose through the 
commissioned ranks and was promoted to the grade of colonel on June 25, 
1996.
  Prior to entering on active duty, Colonel Davidson's military 
positions included supply sergeant, detachment commander, platoon 
leader, and company commander in various engineer and military police 
units. Colonel Davidson entered on active duty for the U.S. Army 
Reserve as a member of the Active Guard and Reserve Program on August 
1, 1977. His initial active duty assignment was as a captain in the 
Office of Recruiting and Retention at Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces 
Command, Fort McPherson, GA. Following this assignment, he was 
transferred to the Pentagon where he served as a staff officer in the 
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. He was later 
assigned as a manpower mobilization planner in the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel.
  His subsequent assignments were in the Personnel Division of the 
Office of the Chief, Army Reserve and on Project Vanguard in the Office 
of the Chief of Staff of the Army. He was then transferred to the newly 
established U.S. Army Reserve Command in Atlanta, GA, where he served 
as Chief of the Personnel Management Division. Returning once again to 
the Pentagon, Colonel Davidson served as the Chief of the Office of 
Policy and Liaison in the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve.
  Colonel Davidson also served as liaison officer to the Reserve Forces 
Policy Board in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; to the Army 
Reserve Forces Policy Committee in the Office of the Chief of Staff of 
the Army; and to the Reserve Components Coordination Council in the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve 
Affairs.
  Colonel Davidson's current assignment is as a field representative on 
the staff of the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard 
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Reserve in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve 
Affairs where he has served since October 1994.
  His performance of duty in each of these assignments has been 
exemplary. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Defense 
Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak 
Leaf Clusters, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Joint Service 
Achievement Medal, the Selective Service Meritorious Service Award, the 
Army Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Army 
Reserve Components Achievement Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the 
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with two 10-year Devices, the Army General 
Staff Identification Badge, the Office of Secretary of Defense 
Identification Badge, and numerous other awards and decorations.
  Mr. President, Colonel Davidson is an extraordinary officer. I have 
been impressed by his outstanding service and contributions to our 
Nation by his service in our Armed Forces. As he prepares to retire 
from military service, I congratulate him and thank him for his many 
years of outstanding service to our Nation and extend my best wishes 
for his future endeavors.

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