[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 80 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1157]
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         CARMINE J. SPINELLI--40 YEARS OF FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE

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                      HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 18, 1998

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to Mr. 
Carmine Spinelli of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. After forty years 
of Federal civilian service at the United States Army Tank-Automotive 
and Armaments Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering 
Center at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, Carmine will officially retire 
on July 3, 1998. This evening, June 24, 1998, Mr. Spinelli is being 
honored for his many years of dedicated service.
  Carmine is a native of New Jersey originally from Raritan, a 
wonderful municipality in Somerset County, and a graduate from Purdue 
University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Metallurgical 
Engineering. He began his civil service career in June 1958 as a 
Mechanical Engineer in the Feltman Research and Engineering Laboratory, 
Picatinny Arsenal. For more than thirty years he worked and progressed 
from a Design Engineer to a Division Chief in the Fire Support 
Armaments Center in 1985. In this capacity, he was responsible for the 
management and execution of Life Cycle Engineering.
  In June 1990, he was promoted to the Senior Executive Services 
(equivalent to Brigadier General in the United States Army) and was 
appointed as the Deputy Director of the Fire Support Armaments. In this 
position for many years, he managed an organization of more than 1,000 
scientists and engineers involved in research, development and 
engineering of a variety of armaments including, artillery, mortars, 
mines, demolitions, precision munitions and related fire control 
systems for the entire United States Army. Mr. Spinelli was appointed 
to the position of Technical Director at the United States Army 
Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (an SES rank 
equivalent to a Major General in the United States Army) in April 1995. 
Not only was Mr. Spinelli responsible for all technical operations, he 
managed an annual operating budget of 600 million dollars and a 
technical staff of over 2,000 scientists and engineers with 
approximately 2,000 support personnel.
  I would be hard pressed to list all of Carmine's accomplishments and 
special citations here today. But, I must highlight the fact that 
Carmine has been instrumental in the many successes Picatinny Arsenal 
has achieved. In 1995, Picatinny Arsenal received the Quality 
Improvement Prototype; Co-winner, Army R&D Organization of the Year. In 
1996, Picatinny Arsenal was awarded the Best Medium Size Installation; 
R&D Center of Excellence; Commander in Chief Award for Installation 
Excellence; Presidential Award for Quality; Quality Partner Award from 
Quality New Jersey and in 1997 the R&D Center of Excellence. As you 
know, these awards are the most prestigious and coveted in the 
military. In fact, they are often referred to as the Triple Crown of 
military achievements. Personally, Carmine has received the Army's 
highest civilian award, he Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service 
Award, 1990.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me, our colleagues, Carmine's family 
and friends and his colleagues at Picatinny Arsenal in recognizing 
Carmine Spinelli's many outstanding and invaluable contributions to New 
Jersey and to our nation. His dedication and service can only be 
described as above and beyond the call of duty. His work has kept our 
young men and women in our military safe and well equipped wherever 
they serve, whether at home or abroad. For his lifetime of work, we are 
deeply grateful.

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