[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 121 (Thursday, July 26, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S10130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  LIEUTENANT COLONEL JEAN M. McGINNIS

  Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, today I honor, and pay tribute to LTC Jean 
M. McGinnis, who will retire from the U.S. Army on August 31, 2007, 
after 25 years of distinguished service. Lieutenant Colonel McGinnis is 
an outstanding American soldier who served in a succession of command 
and staff positions worldwide of increasing responsibility.
  In her last assignment in the U.S. Army as the Deputy Chief of the 
Army, Senate Liaison Division, Lieutenant Colonel McGinnis demonstrated 
the managerial and leadership skills that have characterized her 
career. She demonstrated Army values daily, supported her subordinates 
and chief tirelessly, and traveled extensively escorting Senators, 
their staffs, and Senate committee professional staff members on 
inspections and factfinding trips in the United States and overseas.
  Lieutenant Colonel McGinnis previously served as a Congressional 
Budget Liaison Officer in the Office of the Chief of Army Reserve and 
as an Operations Research Analyst in Programs, Analysis, and Evaluation 
in the Pentagon. From 1982 to 1994, she served as an Aviation Officer, 
in the positions of Platoon Leader, Detachment Commander, Company and 
Battalion Flight Operations Officer.
  During her aviation career Lieutenant Colonel McGinnis had many 
assignments ranging from humanitarian assistance missions in Guatemala 
and Honduras to piloting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 
the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army in Egypt as part of Operation 
Bright Star.
  In 1997, Lieutenant Colonel McGinnis was assigned to the Office of 
the Chief of Army Reserve in Washington, DC, as an Operations Research 
Systems Analyst. During this assignment she reconciled Army Reserve 
resource requirements with Army program needs. She later served as a 
Budget Analyst in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Personnel, Resource Division. While in this challenging assignment, she 
served again as an Operations Research Budget Analyst of Reserve 
personnel and was directly involved with complex Army training and 
Reserve personnel policy issues.
  She was then selected to represent the Army on Capitol Hill and 
served 4 years working for the Army Senate Liaison Division and the 
Office of the Chief of Army Reserve. Lieutenant Colonel McGinnis' 
expertise and knowledge of the Active Army and Reserve policies and 
procedures has been of great value to Senators and their staffs. 
Lieutenant Colonel McGinnis' leadership, resourcefulness, and 
professionalism made lasting contributions to Army readiness and 
mission accomplishments. Her service to our Nation has been 
exceptional, and Lieutenant Colonel McGinnis is more than deserving of 
this recognition.

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