[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 177 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2328]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO MAJOR GENERAL ARTHUR M. BARTELL

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                            HON. ROBIN HAYES

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 20, 2008

  Mr. HAYES. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and pay tribute 
to Major General Arthur M. Bartell, United States Army, Deputy 
Commanding General of the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg on the 
occasion of his promotion and new command assignment. Major General 
Bartell has served our great Nation for more than 31 years as a truly 
exceptional officer, and I am proud to call him my friend. I would like 
to take this opportunity to congratulate Art on his well-deserved 
promotion to Major General and his new assignment as Commanding 
General, United States Army Cadet Command. Since his assignment as 
Deputy Commanding General of the XVIII Airborne Corps in June 2007, I 
have had the honor of working closely with him on behalf of our 
warfighters here at Fort Bragg. With the deployment of Corps 
Headquarters in January, he has been an outstanding leader as Commander 
of Task Force Bragg. Major General Bartell has also been a great 
ambassador in his outreach to the local community, and it is much 
appreciated. Most importantly, Art's concern for his troops is evident, 
and he leads by example. Soldier, leader, scholar, gentleman--Major 
General Art Bartell truly personifies what a warrior should be.
  His career accomplishments speak for themselves: Major General Arthur 
M. Bartell was commissioned as a Field Artillery officer in 1977 
through ROTC at the University of Michigan. He began his career as a 
Forward Observer and Battery Fire Direction Officer with B Battery 2nd 
BN, 17th FA in the Republic of Korea. Duty with the 101st Airborne 
Division (Air Assault) followed. There he served as a Battery Executive 
Officer, Battalion Fire Support Officer, Battalion Fire Direction 
Officer and Battery Commander in the 2nd Bn, 320th FA. He next served 
at Fort Wainwright with the 172nd Light Infantry Brigade (Sep) as both 
Battalion Fire Support Officer and Battery Commander in the 1st Bn, 
37th FA. Following a tour at the U.S Army Military Personnel Center as 
the Field Artillery Personnel Systems Manager and attendance at the 
Army Command and General Staff College, Major General Bartell moved to 
Germany where he served as the Deputy G3 and G3 of VII Corps Artillery 
during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf. 
Returning to Germany, he served as the Battalion Executive Officer for 
the 4th Bn, 27th FA (MLRS) and as the Brigade S3 for the 41st FA Bde. 
Major General Bartell then moved to the 10th Mountain Division (LI) for 
duty as the Division Artillery Executive Officer and as the Battalion 
Commander of the 1st Bn, 7th FA (which re-flagged to 3rd Bn, 6th FA 
during his tenure), both at Fort Drum and Port-au-Prince, Haiti during 
Operation Uphold Democracy. After completion of the U.S. Naval War 
College in Rhode Island, Art served as the Senior Fire Support 
Observer/Controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk. 
He then returned to Fort Drum as the Commander of the 10th Mountain 
Division Artillery. After completing his command tour, he assumed 
duties as the Chief, Joint Interoperability Training Division, and then 
as Deputy J7/Deputy Commander, Joint Warfighting Center, U.S. Joint 
Forces Command in Virginia. Following that Joint assignment, he 
returned, once again, to the 10th Mountain Division (LI) to be the 
Chief of Staff and deployed to Afghanistan with the Division Command 
Group and Staff as part of Operation Enduring Freedom where he assumed 
duties as the Chief of Staff for Combined Joint Task Force 180. Upon 
re-deployment from Afghanistan, Major General Bartell served as Deputy 
Commanding General, Support, 10th Mountain Division (LI). Following 
that assignment he was sent to the Pentagon where he served on the 
Joint Staff as Vice Director for Operational Plans and Joint Force 
Development. Major General Bartell's awards and decorations include: 
the Defense Superior Service Medal (w/OLC), Legion of Merit (w/OLC), 
Bronze Star Medal (w/OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (w/7 OLC), Army 
Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (w/OLC), Armed Forces 
Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal (w/3 BSS), 
Humanitarian Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan 
Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Saudi Arabia 
Kuwait Liberation Medal, Kuwaiti Kuwait Liberation Medal, Parachutist 
Badge, Air Assault Badge, Joint Meritorious Unit Award (w/OLC), 
Meritorious Unit Award, and Joint Staff Identification Badge.
  On behalf of Congress, the United States of America, and the greater 
Fort Bragg community, I express our appreciation for Art's tireless 
service, expertise, patriotism, and dedication to our soldiers. No 
doubt he will prove a great role model for the cadets under his new 
command, though it will be a great loss for Fort Bragg and the XVIII 
Airborne Corps. I want to personally thank Major General Bartell, his 
wife Karen, and his sons for their commitment, sacrifice, and the 
contributions they have made throughout his honorable and distinguished 
military career. I congratulate Art on completing an exceptional tenure 
here at Fort Bragg and wish him many blessings and much success as he 
begins this new endeavor.

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