[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 134 (Wednesday, October 2, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO MAJOR GENERAL CARL M. SKINNER

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                          HON. MAC THORNBERRY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 2, 2013

  Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Major General Carl 
M. Skinner on the occasion of his retirement from the Air Force after 
33 years of dedicated service to our Nation. Major General Skinner 
began his career after graduation from the Air Force Academy in 1980. 
His service is marked with distinguished performance as an Instructor 
Pilot in the T-38 Talon, Chief, Standardization and Evaluation in the 
FB-111 Aardvark, and Mobilization Assistant to the Air Force Chief 
Information Officer, the Director of the Defense Information Systems 
Agency and the Commander of the Air Force's Air Education and Training 
Command. Major General Skinner's career followed his father's example 
during World War II and continues through his son, an Air Force 
physician stationed at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey. My colleagues join 
me in sincerely thanking Mike, his wife, Pam, and their children, Tom 
and Kelley Ann, for their service to the United States of America and a 
job well done.

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