[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1352-E1353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES C. CANNON, JR.

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                            HON. KAY GRANGER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 18, 2001

  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Major General 
Charles C. Cannon, Jr. It has come to my attention that General Cannon 
is retiring after 34 years of exemplary service in the United States 
Army. He has served his country with dignity, honor, and integrity.

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  Major General Cannon is a native of Texas. The general entered the 
Army upon completion of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program at 
the University of Texas--Arlington as a Distinguished Military 
Graduate. He was commissioned a Regular Army Second Lieutenant in the 
Quartermaster Corps, detailed to the Infantry, on August 31, 1967. He 
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Master of Science in 
Logistics Management from the Florida Institute of Technology.
  He has served in five divisions, and his overseas assignments include 
Vietnam, Hawaii, Korea, three tours in Germany, and one in Croatia. His 
initial assignment was as an Infantry Officer with the 3d Battalion, 
10th Infantry, 5th Division (Mechanized). In 1968, he was assigned to 
2d Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam serving 
as a company commander, then as the logistics staff officer.
  After attending the Quartermaster Officer Advanced Course, he 
commanded the 143d Supply and Service Company, organized and ran the 
Basic Leadership Course, and was a staff officer for the 19th Support 
Brigade at Fort Lewis, Washington. From 1972-1975, he served as a 
logistics planner in Headquarters, U.S. Army Pacific, and Assistant G-4 
(Logistics), 25th Infantry Division. After attendance at Command and 
General Staff College and Florida Institute of Technology, he was the 
Executive Officer for the Petroleum Distribution System--Korea. He was 
then assigned to Headquarters, Department of the Army, as a logistics 
programmer and later as Assistant Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief 
of Staff for Logistics.
  In 1982, he was assigned to the First Cavalry Division serving as 
Division Support Command Executive Officer and Commander of the 15th 
Supply and Transport Battalion. From 1985 to 1987, he was an Advance 
Operational Fellow at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. For the next four 
years, Major General Cannon served in Germany, first as the Director 
for Bulk Fuels, 200th Theater Army Materiel Management Center, and 
later as the Commander of the 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized) 
Support Command. In July 1991, he became Chief of the Logistics 
Planning Division on the Joint Staff.
  In July 1992, he was promoted to Brigadier General and assumed 
command of the 3d Corps Support Command in Wiesbaden, Germany. From 
June 1994 until June 1996 he was assigned as the Vice Director for 
Logistics, The Joint Staff. He was promoted to Major General in October 
1995. He was assigned as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Logistics, Department of the Army, in June 1996. During this 
assignment, MG Cannon temporarily served as the Commander for Support, 
Implementation Force (IFOR) Zagreb, Croatia, from July 1996 until his 
return to the Pentagon in November 1996. In May 1999, MG Cannon became 
Acting Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Department of the Army.
  He assumed the duties of U.S. Army Materiel Command's (AMC) Chief of 
Staff Oct. 13, 2000. AMC is one of the largest commands in the Army, 
with more than 50,000 employees, and activities in 42 states and in 
over a dozen foreign countries.
  His awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service 
Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Army Distinguished Service 
Medal, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star Medal 
with ``V'' device and three oak leaf clusters, the Purple Heart, the 
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal 
with three oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation 
Medal with ``V'' device and five oak leaf clusters, and the Army 
Achievement Medal. He also wears the Combat Infantry Badge, the Army 
Staff Identification Badge, and the Joint Staff Identification Badge.
  Mr. Speaker, Major General Cannon deserves the thanks and praise of 
the nation that he has faithfully served for so long. I know the 
Members of the House will join me in wishing him, his wife of 35 years, 
Karen and his two children, Charles and Dianne, all the best in the 
years ahead.

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