[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 130 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11048-S11049]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                 Nomination of Colonel Allen E. Tackett

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I am pleased that the President has 
nominated Colonel Allen E. Tackett for the rank of Brigadier General. 
Colonel Tackett, a resident of Miami, WVA, graduated from East Bank 
High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of 
Charleston, Charleston, WVA.

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  Colonel Tackett currently serves as the Adjutant General, West 
Virginia National Guard, headquartered in Charleston. Prior to this, he 
held many demanding and key positions, before assuming his prestigious 
command of nearly six thousand men and women serving in the West 
Virginia National Guard.
  At present, Colonel Tackett has over 32 years of dedicated service in 
the National Guard, to our country and the State of West Virginia. He 
earned a commission in June, 1967, from Infantry Officer Candidate 
School, at Fort Benning, Georgia. Colonel Tackett is a military 
graduate of the Special Warfare Center, Jumpmaster Course, Infantry 
Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Command and General Staff College, 
and the Special Warfare Center, Techniques of Special Operations.
  Colonel Tackett's major decorations include the Meritorious Service 
Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National 
Defense Medal, Humanitarian Medal and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. 
He was awarded, through rigorous training and proven proficiency, the 
coveted Special Forces Tab and Master Parachutist Badge.
  Mr. President, I am pleased to cast my vote for the confirmation of 
Colonel Allen E. Tackett as Brigadier General, and I urge my colleagues 
to support this nomination.