[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING CAPT NORMAND V. LUSSIER

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                          HON. GARY G. MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 5, 2001

  Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
commend the numerous achievements and substantial contribution to our 
country of United States Naval Reserve Captain Normand V. Lussier, and 
to wish him well upon his retirement in March 2002. He will have served 
this country for over forty years.
  Captain Lussier graduated from Oroville High School in 1962 and 
joined the Navy as a Seaman Recruit. After completing boot camp and 
Storekeeper ``A'' school at the Naval Training Center San Diego, he was 
assigned to the submarine tender USS Nereus. In September 1964, he 
volunteered for Vietnam and spent the next eighteen months unloading 
freighters and supervising a local national work crew in the Port of 
Saigon. Upon release from active duty in March 1966, he affiliated with 
the Naval Reserve and was promoted to Storekeeper Second Class. He 
continued to drill while attending college and law school.
  In 1969, he graduated from San Diego State College with a Bachelor of 
Arts degree with distinction in History. In 1972, he received his Juris 
Doctor degree from the University of California Hastings College of the 
Law where he served on the Hastings Law Review.
  While a Storekeeper First Class in 1971, he received a direct 
commission as an Ensign (Intelligence). Captain Lussier has since 
served in a variety of Naval Reserve Intelligence Program assignments. 
Since October 1999, Captain Lussier has served as Reserve Intelligence 
Area Commander (RIAC) Area Nineteen with overall responsibility for 13 
reserve units and approximately 750 reservists. Prior to his current 
tour as RIAC, he was the Commanding Officer of ONI 0166. From 1994 to 
1997, he was on the national staff of the Commander, Naval Reserve 
Intelligence Command as the Deputy Senior Inspector. Other tours 
include service as the DRIAC for Training for the IVTU; as the XO of 
DIS HQ 0166 and NICSEC 0166, and as the Administration Officer for 
NICTSKGRPMGT and NIC 0266. He has had two NRCIS tours.
  Captain Lussier's entire civilian career as an attorney has been in 
support of the Department of Defense (DoD). After admission to the 
California Bar in 1972, he joined the Navy's Office of General Counsel 
(OGC) as a civilian attorney in the Naval Supply Systems Command. He 
completed major field assignments as Counsel, Naval Regional 
Procurement Office in Naples, Italy and Counsel, Naval Regional 
Contracting Center in the Washington Navy Yard. In 1985, he was 
appointed General Counsel, American Forces Information Service. IN 
1992, he joined the Defense Logistics Agency's Office of General 
Counsel as an Associate General Counsel.
  Captain Lussier's 40-year career of service to the United States 
stands apart for its caliber of dedication and care. Doing his job has 
never been enough for Captain Lussier; he has always wanted to do more, 
and then done it. Helping others along the way is another of his 
trademarks. Through patient nurturing, training, trust, and teaching, 
Captain Lussier has steadfastly enabled others who, in turn, help 
enrich the U.S. Naval Reserve, the U.S. Navy, and the DoD, thereby 
ensuring its continued performance in the proud tradition of 
excellence.
  Captain Lussier's distinguished career has been celebrated with 
numerous awards, including the Meritorious Service Medal (two times), 
Navy Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Award, Joint Meritorious Unit 
Award, Navy Meritorious Unit Award, National Defense Service Medal, 
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device, Vietnam Service Medal 
with three stars, and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that the 107th Congress join Captain Lussier's 
wife Peggy, and his two sons, Damon and Aaron, in honoring Normand V. 
Lussier as he turns over command of RIA-19 and soon retires from the 
United States Naval Reserve.

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