[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 94 (Monday, June 9, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO MAJOR GENERAL BRUCE F. TUXILL

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                     HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, June 9, 2008

  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Madam Speaker, I rise before you today to honor 
Major General Bruce F. Tuxill, Adjutant General for the State of 
Maryland. After graduating in 1967 from Salem College in West Virginia 
with a bachelor's degree in business administration, General Tuxill 
underwent undergraduate pilot training at Williams Air Force Base in 
Arizona. For the next fourteen years, General Tuxill rose through the 
ranks at the Martin State Airport in Maryland. From 1994 until 2000, he 
served as the assistant adjutant general for air, Headquarters, 
Maryland Air National Guard in Baltimore. He then served as the Air 
National Guard assistant to the Commander of the United States Air 
Forces Europe in Germany until he was appointed Adjutant General for 
the State of Maryland in 2003.
  In his role as Adjutant General, General Tuxill was responsible for 
formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, programs, and 
plans affecting more than nine thousand men and women in Maryland's 
military department. The military department includes the Maryland Army 
National Guard, Maryland Air National Guard, Maryland Emergency 
Management Agency and the Maryland Defense Force. In the event of 
mobilization, if the state were to receive a presidential call to duty 
in times of war, national emergency, or operational contingency, 
General Tuxill would exercise command responsibilities and provide a 
force in readiness. As the Adjutant General, he served as the official 
liaison between the governor and the National Guard Bureau, and served 
as a member of the governor's cabinet.
  Among his countless awards and decorations, General Tuxill has earned 
the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit Medal, 
the Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Readiness Medal, the National 
Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, State of 
Maryland Distinguished Service Cross, Meritorious Service Cross, and 
Commendation Medal.
  Madam Speaker, I ask that you join with me today to honor Major 
General Bruce Tuxill in his retirement from the position of Adjutant 
General for the State of Maryland. His legacy as an experienced and 
capable military leader and his service to the State of Maryland will 
be forever remembered. It is with great pride that I congratulate 
General Tuxill on his exemplary military career and his outstanding 
leadership of Maryland's military department.

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