[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING MAJOR SHELIA FLOWERS FOR HER PROMOTION TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL 
                   IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE

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                           HON. PHIL GINGREY

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 13, 2009

  Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a fellow 
Georgian, Major Shelia Flowers. Major Flowers hails from Robersonville, 
North Carolina. In 1987, she graduated from North Carolina Agricultural 
and Technical State University with a bachelor's degree in Business 
Administration. After graduating, she was commissioned a Second 
Lieutenant and attended the Adjutant General Officer Basic Course at 
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
  Major Flowers has held numerous challenging positions throughout her 
21 years of service in the Army Reserve. Her assignments as a drilling 
reservist have included: (1) Serving as a Civil Affairs Officer with 
the 407th Civil Affairs Company at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; (2) 
Platoon Leader with the 342nd Adjutant General Postal Company in Rome, 
Georgia; (3) and a Lanes Training Observer Controller with the 1st 
Battalion of the 347th Regiment located at Fort Gillem, Georgia. While 
in her last drilling assignment, Major Flowers earned a Master of 
Science degree in Conflict Resolution from Kennesaw State University.
  In 2003, she was mobilized in support of Operation Noble Eagle/
Enduring Freedom and has spent the last six years of her career on 
active duty. Her parent command is the U.S. Army Reserve Command 
Headquarters at Ft. McPherson, Georgia. While mobilized to active duty, 
she served in the G-1 Directorate in support of Operation Noble Eagle 
as a Crisis Action Team Leader, Equal Opportunity Officer, Sexual 
Assault Prevention and Response Program Manager, and Staff Action 
Officer.
  Major Flowers was assigned to directly support Operation Enduring 
Freedom upon her transfer to OARDEC in November 2007. She has performed 
myriad tasks with ease including ARB Case Research Officer, CRO, Lead 
Case Research Officer, and Tribunal Recorder.
  Major Flowers' professional military education includes the Adjutant 
General Officer Advance Course, Combined Arms and Services Staff 
School, and Command and General Staff College. She has applied to the 
Naval War College. Her military decorations include the Meritorious 
Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal and the Army Achievement Medal.
  In keeping with one of the tenets that sustains the Reserve 
Component, Major Flowers serves her community as a member of a 100 year 
old service organization, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She is an 18-
year employee of Lockheed Martin Corporation. She is married to LTC 
Eric Flowers, who is currently deployed to the Horn of Africa, and they 
have one daughter.
  Major Shelia Flowers is being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel today, 
and I would like to extend her my congratulations on the floor of the 
United States Congress and thank her for an exemplary record of service 
to our nation. The United States--and my home state of Georgia--are 
proud of Lieutenant Colonel Flowers' commendable professional 
competence, sound judgment, and total dedication to duty. She has 
reflected great credit upon herself and upholds the highest traditions 
of the United States Army Reserve. I wish Shelia and her husband all 
the best in their future endeavors, and I thank them once again for 
their leadership in serving our nation.

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