[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 148 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12674-S12675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    LIEUTENANT GENERAL CAROL MUTTER

 Mr. KEMPTHORNE. Mr. President, I rise today to honor a fine 
Marine Corps Officer, Lieutenant General Carol Mutter, the Deputy Chief 
of Staff for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps, 
Washington, D.C.
  General Mutter, a native daughter of Colorado, will soon retire from 
active duty following a long and distinguished career as an officer of 
Marines. A graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, in Greeley, 
CO she joined the Marine Corps in 1966 and completed the Woman Officer 
Basic Course in 1967. She was then trained as a data processing officer 
and assigned to data processing installations in Quantico, VA and Camp 
Pendleton, CA. In 1971, she returned to Quantico as a platoon commander 
and instructor for women officer candidates and basic course 
lieutenants.
  Over the years, Carol has made significant accomplishments both as a 
Marine officer and as a woman. As a Colonel, in July 1988 she joined 
the U.S. Space Command, J-3 (Operations) Directorate in Colorado 
Springs where she became the first woman to gain qualification as a 
Space Director. After initially serving as a Command Center Crew 
Commander/Space Director she became the Division Chief responsible for 
the operation of the Commander in Chief s Command Center. In June 1992, 
she transferred to Okinawa for a second tour, this time as the first 
woman of general/flag officer rank to command a major deployable 
tactical command, the 3d Force Service Support Group, Third Marine 
Expeditionary Force, U.S. Marine Forces Pacific. Finally, upon 
advancement to Lieutenant General (the first woman in the Marine Corps 
to attain this rank) on September 1, 1996, she assumed her current 
duties.
  Throughout her services as a Marine, she worked continually to 
improve herself through furthering her professional military education 
and earning a M.A. degree in National Security and Strategic Studies 
from the Naval War College at Newport, RI and honorary doctorate 
degrees from Salve Regina College, also in Newport, RI and another

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honorary doctorate from UNC. In addition to the Naval War College at 
Newport, RI, General Mutter also attended the Amphibious Warfare School 
and the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, both at Quantico, VA
  We know the officers and men and women of the Marine Corps, from the 
Commandant on down, will sorely miss the service of Lieutenant General 
Mutter as she departs the Marine Corps. Among her many awards and 
recognitions are the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Navy 
Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal--worthy recognition 
for days, months and years of selfless dedication. The Marine Corps 
loss will be Indiana's gain as she settles in her new home in the 
Indianapolis area. We offer the warmest wishes to Carol and her husband 
Jim as they embark upon their new endeavors.
  God Bless and good luck to a truly wonderful woman. Lieutenant 
General Mutter is truly a great American patriot and an inspiration to 
all.

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