[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1840-E1841]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO MAJOR GENERAL ROBIN RAND

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 29, 2010

  Mr. SKELTON. Madam Speaker, let me take this means to pay tribute to 
Major General Robin ``Baba'' Rand, the Director of the

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Legislative Liaison for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. 
After serving in this capacity for over a year, General Rand has been 
selected to become the Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of Staff of 
the Air Force. I am honored to commend General Rand for his many years 
of service to the United States Air Force.
  A 1979 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, General Rand 
distinguished himself early on as an exceptional pilot. First tapped to 
be an Instructor Pilot and Flight Examiner, he went on to serve as an 
F-16 Weapons Officer and later served as the Commander of the 36th 
Fighter Squadron at Osan Air Force Base in the Republic of Korea.
  After attending the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, 
General Rand took an assignment as a policy planner in the Directorate 
for Strategic Plans and Policy on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. He 
then returned to the Republic of Korea, taking command of the 8th 
Fighter Wing, ``The Wolfpack'', at Kunsan Air Base with follow-on wing 
command tours at the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base and the 
332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base in Iraq. Based on his 
experiences in Iraq, General Rand was chosen to be the Principal 
Director for Middle East Policy in the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense at the Pentagon. In his most recent assignment as Director of 
Legislative Liaison, General Rand has been a steadfast advocate of the 
mission of the Air Force and of the 689,000 Total Force Airmen and 
their families.
  Madam Speaker, Major General Robin ``Baba'' Rand has served his 
country well, and he will no doubt continue to do so. I wish General 
Rand; his wife, Kim; and their children, Brooke and Bryson; the best of 
luck in the days to come.

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