[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 56 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      RETIREMENT OF COLONEL JOSEPH F. SCHINDELHOLZ MARCH 31, 1997

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                          HON. JOHN P. MURTHA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 1, 1997

  Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to take this opportunity to note 
the retirement of Joe Schindelholz, who has worked for a number of 
years as a congressional liaison for the Army and Army Reserves. 
Colonel Schindelholz did an excellent job and I very much enjoyed 
working with him. He is a very knowledgeable, capable, and professional 
officer and a credit to the Army. I know all my colleagues join me in 
wishing him health and happiness in his well-earned retirement.
  Col. Joseph F. Schindelholz distinguished himself by continuous 
meritorious performance during 22 years of active Federal service in 
the U.S. Army and Army Reserve.
  From 1971 to 1974, while assigned as executive officer 4th Armor 
Battalion, he distinguished himself by identifying key training and 
readiness requirements needs of his soldiers.
  In March 1974, Colonel Schindelholz began his Army Reserve career 
assigned to the 274th Training Regiment as a training officer, 
retention officer, and company commander. He served with distinction in 
all positions as a drilling reservists for over 6 years.
  In 1981, he entered the Active Guard/Reserve [AGR] program and was 
assigned to the Army Reserve Personnel Center where he served as a 
personnel management officer and operations officer. He developed 
career management models for reserve officers where none had existed in 
the past. His intense work with personnel matters provided innovative 
and comprehensive solutions to individual soldier professional 
development.
  In 1984, Colonel Schindelholz served as a Fifth Army retention 
officer. He developed a retention program that was approved by FORSCOM 
and adopted as an Army-wide retention model for use by the Active and 
Reserve components.
  From 1987 to 1990, he served as the general officer manager for the 
Chief, Army Reserve. During this assignment, he implemented a program 
for centralized management of Reserve general officers that is still 
the current management system.
  Colonel Schindelholz spent his final 7 years of active duty working 
as a congressional liaison officer for Headquarters, Department of the 
Army and as chief of the Office of Policy and Liaison for the Chief, 
Army Reserve. His accomplishments in these assignments were invaluable 
to the development of an effective Reserve liaison team. He was 
responsible for developing a new structure for the Office of Policy and 
Liaison that has been instrumental in addressing critical Army Reserve 
issues with Congress. He has culminated his outstanding career in the 
Office of Policy and Liaison by his knowledge and professionalism in 
dealing with staff members of the Senate and House. Colonel 
Schindelholz' leadership was especially critical during a time when the 
role of the Army Reserve has expanded to a global presence with many 
new missions including our current presence in Bosnia. He also attacked 
the issue of downsizing and how it would impact the Army Reserve. His 
ability to convey the Army Reserve story to Members of Congress and 
their staff was invaluable to the continued vital role the Army Reserve 
plays in America's Army. He was also very adept at developing his 
subordinates so that the office had program officers with a wide range 
of experience and could also represent the Army Reserve in a 
professional manner. Colonel Schindelholz is a model of leadership, 
dedication to duty, selfless service, and loyalty in keeping with the 
highest traditions of military service and his efforts reflect great 
credit upon himself and the U.S. Army Reserve.

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