[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 124 (Thursday, September 28, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1871-E1872]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING COLONEL STANLEY T. HOSKIN, RETIRED U.S. ARMY RESERVE, FOR 
            BEING AWARDED THE DEFENSE SUPERIOR SERVICE MEDAL

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                          HON. J. RANDY FORBES

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 27, 2006

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce COL Stanley T. 
Hoskin's Defense Superior Service Medal order and citation into the 
Record. Colonel Hoskin recently retired on August 31, 2006, after 33 
years of honorable service in the U.S. Army Reserve. I commend Colonel 
Hoskin's loyalty and dedication to his country and the American people. 
Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring Colonel Hoskin.
         Department of Defense, Commander, U.S. Joint Forces 
           Command,
                                       Norfolk, VA, July 18, 2006.
     USJFCOM PERMANENT ORDER 540-06
     Subject: Announcement of Award of the Defense Superior 
         Service Medal.

       Under the provisions of DOD Manual 1348.33-M, September 
     1996, the Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command has awarded 
     the Defense Superior Service Medal (First Oak Leaf Cluster) 
     for exceptionally meritorious achievement to: Colonel Stanley 
     T. Hoskin, USAR, U.S. Joint Forces Command (J02),
     1 June 2004 to 31 August 2006.
                                                 E.L. Satterwhite,
     Awards Administrator.
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Citation To Accompany the Award of the Defense Superior Service Medal, 
              First Oak Leaf Cluster, to Stanley T. Hoskin

       Colonel Stanley T. Hoskin, United States Army Reserve, 
     distinguished himself by exceptionally superior service while 
     serving as the Chief, Strategic Engagement Division, and as 
     the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Integration, Office 
     of the Chief of Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Joint Forces 
     Command from June 2004 to August 2006. During this period, 
     COL Hoskin was responsible for many ``firsts'' in the Command 
     including the Transformation Advisory Group, Command-wide 
     Liaison Officer Exchange Program, and the first series of 
     U.S. Joint Forces Command Chief of Staff to Combatant Command 
     Chiefs of Staff video teleconferences. He was also 
     responsible for the conceptualization and development of 
     numerous process improvements including a Tasker System for 
     maintaining situational awareness and accomplishment of all 
     new staff and production work coming into the command. He 
     followed that with development and implementation of business 
     processes and methods to inform the Chief of Staff, Deputy 
     Commander, and Commander in making real time decisions about 
     Command Level Objectives to support Combatant Commanders, 
     Services, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Office of the Secretary 
     of Defense, and Congress. These improvements resulted in 
     savings of time and money, and the ability to accurately 
     access all of the objectives about which customers were 
     interested. Additionally, COL Hoskin instituted Command-wide 
     training and mentoring for Objective Leads and Product Leads 
     with greatly improved processes and analysis

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     tools. Finally, COL Hoskin developed and implemented new 
     templates of standardized methods for Directors to prepare 
     various required decision point briefings to the Command 
     Leadership. Through his distinctive accomplishments, COL 
     Hoskin culminated a long and distinguished career in the 
     service of his country and reflected great credit upon 
     himself, the United States Army, and the Department of 
     Defense.

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