[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 34 (Monday, March 11, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S1590]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL GLENN JOHNSON

 Mr. BEGICH. Madam President, I rise today to congratulate LTC 
Glenn Johnson for his outstanding service to our Nation on the occasion 
of his retirement. His dedicated service to the citizens of our Nation 
is both admirable and commendable.
  Lieutenant Colonel Johnson enlisted in the Army National Guard and 
Army Reserve directly out of high school, and then was commissioned as 
a Field Artillery Officer upon graduation from the University of South 
Carolina in December 1991. He has served in units in the United States, 
Germany, Korea, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar, and has 
supported Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, and 
Iraqi Freedom.
  Over the course of his distinguished career, he has served at all 
levels of the Army, from platoon leader to Chief of the Exercise and 
Training Branch, U.S. Force Korea, to legislative liaison in the Army 
Legislative Affairs division. I was honored to have Lieutenant Colonel 
Johnson serve as a military fellow in my office in 2010.
  I would like to extend my deepest thanks to Lieutenant Colonel 
Johnson for his many years of service to our Nation. I wish the 
absolute best to him, his wife Bernadette, and their son Brent as they 
begin this next stage in their lives.

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