[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E906-E907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 A TRIBUTE TO LT. COL. MARK SCHOENROCK

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                           HON. BILL BARRETT

                              of nebraska

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 20, 1998

  Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, Lt. Colonel Mark A. Schoenrock 
of Fairbury, Nebraska, completes 20 years of service in the United 
States Army this month. After being posted in Washington, DC, for the 
past 7 years, Lt. Col. Schoenrock and his family will be moving on next 
month to new challenges in Denver, Colorado, where Lt. Col. Schoenrock 
has received a new posting as the Inspector General of the Colorado 
National Guard. Having gotten to know Lt. Col. Schoenrock in his 
capacity as a legislative liaison with the Army, let me share with you 
some of Lt. Col. Schoenrock's career milestones.
  He was commissioned an officer in the United States Army on May 13, 
1978, in Lincoln, Nebraska, upon graduation from the University of 
Nebraska-Lincoln (UN-L) and the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps 
(ROTC). He was a 4-year Army ROTC scholarship winner, graduated from 
UN-L with distinction, and was a Distinguished Military Graduate. He 
completed the Quartermaster Officer Basic Course at Fort Lee, Virginia, 
with honors and was assigned as an Assistant Brigade Logistics Officer, 
Platoon Leader, and Battalion Logistics Officer with the 25th Infantry 
Division (Tropic Lightning) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. While 
assigned to the Tropic Lightning Division, Lt. Col. Schoenrock deployed 
three times to the Republic of Korea. Following his three years in 
Hawaii, Lt. Col. Schoenrock completed the Quartermaster Officer 
Advanced Course at Fort Lee, Virginia, again graduating with honors. He 
was selected as the Outstanding Logistician for the

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course. He was subsequently assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas, and the 
First Infantry Division (Big Red One) where he served as a Company 
Commander and Maneuver Brigade Logistics Officer. In this agreement, he 
deployed twice to the Federal Republic of Germany. He was responsible 
for the entire logistical support of 2,500 soldiers for eight weeks and 
their safe and efficient transport from Kansas to Germany and back.
  Upon the completion of his 4-year tour at Fort Riley, Lt. Col. 
Schoenrock was selected to represent the Army in the highly competitive 
Training With Industry (TWI) program. He served as the Army's first 
representative with the General Motors Corporation, Allison Gas 
Turbines Division. He played an instrumental role in the development of 
the T-800 engine, which is now the engine in the Army's Comanche 
helicopter.
  Following TWI, Lt. Col. Schoenrock served as a Contracting Officer 
and Contracting Section Chief in St. Louis, Missouri, responsible for 
the development and acquisition of petroleum and water logistics. He 
was responsible for the acquisition of many end items that served our 
soldiers so well during Operation Desert Storm and that were vital to 
our ultimate victory in the deserts of southwest Asia. He then was 
selected to attend the Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
  Following CGSC graduation, Lt. Col. Schoenrock was selected to be the 
principal acquisition advisor to the Inspector General of the Army in 
Washington. In this role, he advised and assisted the Inspector General 
with some of the Army's most sensitive acquisition programs and other 
matters. He then was selected to serve as an executive officer in the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development 
and Acquisition). He served as a key facilitator in preparing the Army 
leadership for senior level Secretary of Defense and Congressional 
reviews for programs that were valued in excess of $30 billion.
  He then was selected to serve as an Army liaison officer with 
Congress. Lt. Col. Schoenrock has worked directly with the Army 
leadership and with Members of Congress and their staffs in resolving 
matter of the utmost sensitivity and urgency.
  Through the programs he has worked these past seven years in our 
nation's capital, Lt. Col. Schoenrock has made a difference in the 
lives of thousands of people. He has worked to ensure programs totaling 
billions of dollars are wisely and prudently executed to provide 
maximum benefit to the Army and to the communities that are so clearly 
related to the Army.
  Lt. Col. Schoenrock was recently selected as the next Inspector 
General for the State of Colorado's National Guard. In this position, 
he will advise and assist the State Adjutant General and Governor 
regarding military matters within their area of responsibility, I'm 
confident Lt. Col. Schoenrock will do his utmost to continue his 
outstanding record of achievement and service to our nation in this new 
duties.
  Mr. Speaker, as a career Army officer, as a husband and father, and 
dedicated churchman, I wish Mark Schoenrock well as he and his family 
depart Washington for Colorado.

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