[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 28, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1812-S1813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RETIREMENT OF JOHN CASTILLO

 Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize John 
Castillo as he retires from the Department of Defense after 47 years of 
service.
  John Castillo and his wife, Connie, live in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. 
They have three children: Mike, who lives in New Cumberland, 
Pennsylvania; Lisa Marie, who lives in Reston, Virginia; and Tony, who 
lives in Warren, Michigan.

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  Mr. Castillo, originally hired in 1953, was recruited as an Inventory 
Management Specialist Intern for the United States Air Force in 1959, 
where his assignments included Inventory Manager and Weapon System 
Logistics Officer (WSLO), supporting the Atlas ICBM Missile Squadrons 
assigned to the Strategic Air Command. His subsequent assignments were 
with the United States Army, where he worked for the U.S. Army Security 
Assistance Command (USASAC) in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania for 24 
years. In 1997, he received a promotion to Division Chief of the Asia, 
Pacific and Americas Case Management Division.
  Mr. Castillo has consistently received Sustained Superior Performance 
awards or promotions throughout his career, and has established a 
reputation of outstanding service among his superiors and colleagues.
  Mr. Castillo will be honored at a retirement luncheon on Thursday, 
March 30, 2000. It is with great pleasure that I congratulate John 
Castillo for his 47 years of dedicated service to the Department of 
Defense, and I wish him continued success in all of his future 
endeavors.

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