[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 12, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E12-E13]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 BRIAN J. HAUG IS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE UNITED STATES 
                               AIR FORCE

                                 ______
                                 

                      HON. CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 12, 2010

  Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Brian 
J. Haug on his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air 
Force.
  Lieutenant Colonel Haug earned his commission through the Air Force 
Reserve Officer Training Corps, AFROTC, program at Southeast Missouri 
State University. He began his Air Force career as a Minuteman III 
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile crew commander/instructor at F.E. 
Warren AFB, Wyoming. There, he was responsible to national command 
authorities for the positive control, operation, and security of 50 
ICBMs maintained on constant 24-hour nuclear alert status.
  From 1999 to 2002, Lieutenant Colonel Haug was the assistant 
professor of aerospace studies and commandant of cadets for the AFROTC 
program at the University of Southern California. Lieutenant Colonel 
Haug was directly responsible for the selection, education, and 
professional development of Air Force officer candidates. His 
comprehensive unit program developments earned him ``Education Officer 
of the Year'' distinction for the AFROTC Southwest Region, which 
includes thirty-two major colleges and universities.
  In September 2002, Lieutenant Colonel Haug joined the ``Schreiver 
Team'' as a member of the 2d Space Operations Squadron at Schreiver 
AFB, Colorado. As a global positioning system crew commander, he 
captured back-to-back ``Crew of the Quarter'' titles before assuming 
command of the operations

[[Page E13]]

support flight. In January 2004, he was hand-selected to serve on the 
50th Space Wing's staff as deputy inspector general where he developed 
a detailed compliance inspection program to enhance operational 
warfighting readiness.
  In 2005, Lieutenant Colonel Haug was requested to be the chief, GPS 
Operations Branch at the Pentagon. In this assignment, he was 
responsible for the GPS and nuclear detection system future year 
defense program funding, which helped define current and future space-
based navigation systems requirements. In 2007, Lieutenant Colonel Haug 
was selected to the Air Force LegislativeFellowship program where he 
served in my office as an advisor on military and veteran issues.
  Lieutenant Colonel Haug was tasked to the Air Force Global Strike 
Command, provisional staff in January 2009. As deputy director of plans 
& programs, he was instrumental in establishing the programmatic 
framework for the Air Force's first new major command in 27 years. 
Today, Lieutenant Colonel Haug is the chief, Space Force Programming 
Branch, Space Superiority and Global Integrated Intelligence, under the 
deputy chief of staff, Strategic Plans and Programs at the Pentagon. In 
this job, he evaluates, analyzes, and integrates space capability 
requirements, while providing resource prioritization recommendations 
for the Air Force space portfolio to the Secretary of the Air Force and 
Chief of Staff.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of Congress and the United States of 
America, I would like to recognize Lieutenant Colonel Brian J. Haug for 
his promotion in the United States Air Force. Lieutenant Colonel Haug 
as been an asset not only to the United States Air Force but to the 
people of Washington State, and it has been an honor and privileged to 
work with him. I wish him great success as he continues his Air Force 
journey.

                          ____________________