[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 102 (Monday, July 27, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S9060]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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          TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL FREDERICK E. VOLLRATH

 Mr. KEMPTHORNE. Mr. President, I rise today to honor 
Lieutenant General Frederick E. Vollrath upon his retirement from the 
United States Army. General Vollrath has served our great nation with 
honor and distinction for 35 years and his performance throughout his 
career has been characterized by the highest standards of professional 
ethics and commitment to soldiers.
  General Vollrath's outstanding career began when he was commissioned 
a second lieutenant upon completion of the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps and graduation from the University of Miami in 1963. During his 
military career, he completed the Adjutant General Officer Basic and 
Advanced Courses, the United States Army Command and General Staff 
College, the United States Army War College, the National Security 
Management.
  His initial assignments include Adjutant General and Deputy Chief of 
Staff, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, Colorado; 
Director of Personnel Service Support, Director of Enlisted Personnel 
Management, and Chief, Enlisted Assignment Division, 1st Personnel 
Command, U.S. Army Europe. He has also held a variety of important 
command and staff positions to include Deputy Chief of Staff, 
Personnel, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army; Director of Military 
Personnel Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Personnel, Department of the Army; Director of Enlisted Personnel U.S. 
Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Commander, 
Personnel Information Systems Command; Chief of Staff and later Deputy 
Commander, 1st Personnel Command, U.S. Army Europe; Assistant Deputy 
Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters, Department of the Army and 
culminating his career with his most recent duty as Deputy Chief of 
Staff for Personnel, Headquarters, Department of the Army.
  General Vollrath's military awards and decorations include the 
Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star 
Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.
  General Vollrath has truly made a difference to our Army and our 
Nation. He has always fought for what was right for the Army, it's 
soldiers, civilians and family members. He has established a solid 
reputation among his peers and superiors as the single driving force in 
ensuring the personnel community has stayed on the leading edge of 
sustaining the personnel readiness for the Total Army.
  I would ask my colleagues to join me in wishing General Vollrath and 
his wife, Joy, all the best and thank them for 35 years of dedicated 
and unselfish service to our Nation. We wish them both a very 
fulfilling retirement.

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