[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 114 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1763-E1764]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT ALLAN GLACEL

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 5, 1999

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate and pay 
tribute to Brigadier General Robert Allan Glacel, who will retire from 
the United States Army on September 30, 1999 after 30 years of 
exemplary service.
  Brigadier General Glacel is the son of an Army Lieutenant Colonel who 
served in World War II and had a 22-year career in the U.S. Army. 
Brigadier General Glacel graduated from West Point in 1969 and was 
commissioned in the Field Artillery. After completing the Officer Basic 
Course and the Airborne and Ranger Courses, Brigadier General Glacel 
served as a forward observer and assistant executive officer with the 
3rd Infantry Battalion, 319th Field Artillery, 173rd Airborne Brigade 
in the Republic of Vietnam. He than moved to the 3rd Infantry Division 
in Germany, serving as the Commander of B Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th 
Field Artillery; target acquisition platoon leader for the 3rd Infantry 
Division Artillery; and S-2 (Intelligence) of the 3rd Infantry Division 
Artillery.
  Brigadier General Glacel served for three years in Alaska as 
Operations Officer and Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 37th Field 
Artillery, 172nd Light Infantry Brigade (Separate). Additionally, he 
served as an assistant Professor of Engineering at the United States 
Military Academy and in the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Personnel, Headquarters, Department of the Army.
  In 1987, Brigadier General Glacel took command of the 1st Battalion, 
4th Field Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division in the Republic of Korea, 
commanding the northern most Field Artillery

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site in South Korea and defending the Demilitarized Zone between North 
and South Korea. Brigadier General Glacel served as Political Military 
Planner in J-5 (Plans), the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., where he was 
instrumental in the negotiations in Vienna, Austria, for the Conference 
for Security and Cooperation in Europe between the NATO, Warsaw Pact, 
and nonaligned countries.
  In 1992, Brigadier General Glacel became the Division Artillery 
Commander for the 7th Infantry Division (Light) at Fort Ord, 
California. After inactivating that unit due to Congressionally 
mandated downsizing of the Army, Brigadier General Glacel served as 
Executive Officer to the Under Secretary of the Army in Washington, 
D.C.
  In 1995, Brigadier General Glacel assumed the position of Chief of 
the Requirements and Programs Branch, Office of the Assistant Chief of 
Staff for Policy in SHAPE, Belgium. In this capacity, Brigadier General 
Glacel was responsible for the background studies leading to the 
enlargement of NATO to nineteen countries with the admission of Poland, 
Hungary, and the Czech Republic.
  Brigadier General Glacel has spent the last two years as Commanding 
General of the U.S. Army's Test and Experimentation Command, Fort Hood, 
Texas. He is responsible for all operational testing of Army equipment 
with particular emphasis on the Force XXI digitized Army, the backbone 
of our future force.
  Brigadier General Glacel is a graduate of the United States Army 
Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the 
Armed Forces. He holds masters degrees in both civil and mechanical 
engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as a 
masters degree in business administration from Boston University. His 
awards include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense 
Meritorious Service Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal.
  Mr. Speaker, Brigadier General Bob Glacel is the kind of officer that 
all soldiers strive to be. He has spent thirty years serving our 
country, mentoring young officers and soldiers, maintaining standards 
of excellence, and serving his country in an exemplary fashion. The 
U.S. Army is a better institution for his service. I know the Members 
of the House will join me in offering gratitude to Brigadier General 
Glacel and his family--his wife, Barbara, and his daughters, Jennifer, 
Sarah, and Ashley--for their service to our nation, and we wish them 
all the best in the years ahead.

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