[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 92 (Wednesday, July 10, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1228]
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                 HONORING MAJ. GEN. GERALD F. PERRYMAN

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                             HON. RON PAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 10, 2002

  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Maj. Gen. Gerald F. Perryman, 
Jr. on the occasion of his retirement from his position as Assistant 
Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighting Integration, Headquarters U.S. 
Air Force, Washington, DC. General Perryman entered the Air Force in 
1970 through Texas A&M University's ROTC program. During his 
distinguished career he commanded the Air Force's Peacekeeper missile 
squadron during its transition from the Minuteman weapon system, and 
led the 91st Missile Group to win the 1994 Omaha Trophy as the best of 
U.S. Strategic Command's Air Force and Navy ballistic missile units. 
The general has commanded a missile wing and space wing. He also 
commanded 14th Air Force and was Component Commander of U.S. Air Force 
space operations within U.S. Space Command. As Commander of the 
Aerospace Command and Control, intelligence, Surveillance and 
Reconnaissance Center, General Perryman was responsible for integrating 
command and control, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance 
for the Air Force to improve the ability of commanders to create 
desired effects in the battlespace. The general has served as a missile 
combat crew commander in the Minuteman and Peacekeeper weapons systems, 
and as a space warning crew commander.
  Again, Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend General Perryman on the 
occasion of his retirement from a distinguished military career.

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