[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO MAJOR GENERAL DANIEL G. MONGEON

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                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 20, 2005

  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a lifetime 
commitment of service to the United States of America. On October 14th, 
2005, Major General Daniel G. Mongeon of Alexandria, Virginia will 
retire after 34 years of dedicated service in the United States Army.
  General Mongeon was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 
Quartermaster Corps through the Reserve Officers Training Corps program 
at the University of Arizona, where he earned his Bachelor of Science 
degree in Public Administration and was designated a Distinguished 
Military Graduate. Thereafter he received his Master's degree in 
Logistics Management from the University of Arkansas. His military 
education includes the Quartermaster Officer Basic and Advanced 
Courses, the Command and General Staff College, and the Army War 
College.
  After commissioning and initial training, his initial assignments 
included a posting as Logistics Officer for the United States Army 
Security Agency's Communication Unit at Camp Drake, Japan. From there 
he transferred in December 1972 to Camp Zama, Japan where he was 
Executive Officer for the U.S. Army Garrison and subsequently as 
Welfare/Sundry Funds Division Chief and Installation Club Manager.
  From 1978 to 1984 he served as the Division Services Officer, 
Property Book Officer and finally Commander, Headquarters and 
Headquarters Company, of the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort 
Carson, Colorado. After completing graduate school he was transferred 
to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, United States 
Army. There he served initially as a Logistics Staff Officer and then 
as Assistant Executive Officer. He ended his tour on the Army Staff 
with an appointment as Military Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff, 
Logistics.
  In 1985 he was transferred to United States Army Europe and 7th Army 
where he was the S-3 (Operations) and later Executive Officer of the 
203rd Forward Support Battalion. In July 1987 he was transferred to 
Headquarters 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) to be the Deputy G-4 
(Logistics). In January 1988 he was selected for the position as Aide-
de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR).
  In February of 1990 he assumed command of the Support Squadron, 3rd 
Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss, Texas. From there he deployed 
with his unit to Operation Desert Shield and the first Gulf War--
Operation Desert Storm.

  Following a year of study at the Army War College, he again 
transferred overseas to United States Army South and assumed command of 
the 41st Area Support Group in Panama. In July 1995 he returned to 
Washington and joined the Joint Staff, initially as Deputy Director for 
Logistics, Readiness, and Requirements and then as Executive Officer to 
the Director of Logistics J-4. In September of 1997 he was designated 
Special Assistant to the Director for Logistics, J-4.
  He was promoted to rank of Brigadier General and assumed command of 
the Defense Logistics Agency's Defense Supply Center Philadelphia in 
1998. From there he again returned to the Army Staff to be the Director 
of Sustainment in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Logistics. He was then transferred to Headquarters United States Army 
Forces Command at Fort McPherson, Georgia to become the Deputy Chief of 
Staff, G-4. Major General Mongeon entered into his current assignment 
Director of Logistics Operation J-3, Defense Logistics Agency in 
October of 2003 where he has been able to bring his wealth of 
experience and singular talents to bear on solving some of the most 
intricate sustainment challenges faced by our nation's military 
establishment.
  His tireless and selfless dedication to serving his country is 
represented by the many decorations he has earned including the 
Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Superior 
Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit with 2 Oak 
Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service 
Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army 
Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Achievement Medal 
with Oak Leaf Cluster, two awards of the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, and the Army Staff 
Identification Badge.
  In closing I wish to commend General Mongeon for his many years of 
distinguished service to our nation, protecting our freedoms of life, 
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I wish him and his wife, Schele, 
Godspeed in his retirement.

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