[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING LIEUTENANT COLONEL PETER DANIEL MUENCH

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                            HON. DENNY HECK

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 21, 2015

  Mr. HECK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Lieutenant Colonel Peter 
Daniel Muench, United States Army, recipient of the 2015 Hero of 
Military Medicine Award, for his commitment to our nation's 
servicemembers and their families. The Hero of Military Medicine Award 
is presented by the Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of 
Military Medicine.
  Following graduation from the United States Military Academy at West 
Point in 1998 and Medical School in 2002, LTC Muench married Dr. Dawn 
Muench and trained as an intern, resident, and Chief Resident in Family 
Medicine at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. His first 
assignment following residency was as the Chief of Flight Medicine at 
the DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. 
LTC Muench completed fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine at the 
National Capital Consortium, Washington, DC, in 2009. He deployed as a 
Battalion Surgeon with 2-87 Infantry in the 10th Mountain Division to 
Afghanistan in 2006-2007, and with the 28th Combat Support Hospital as 
the Director of Inpatient Services in Basra, Iraq, in 2010.
  LTC Muench served as full-time teaching faculty in the Madigan Army 
Medical Center Family Medicine Residency at Joint Base Lewis-McChord 
(JBLM), Washington, as well as the Director of Primary Care Sports 
Medicine for the Hospital from 2009-2013. From 2012-2013 he was the 
project officer and Director of the Soldier Peak-Performance and 
Rehabilitation of the Tactical Athlete (SPARTA) Clinic on JBLM, 
instituting a cutting-edge approach to injured Soldier care. He 
currently serves as the Battalion Surgeon for 3rd Battalion, 1st 
Special Forces Group (Airborne) on JBLM.
  In addition to his military contributions, LTC Muench has served as 
the Team Physician for American University in Washington, DC, the U.S. 
Army Team Physician for the Wounded Warrior Games, and as a U.S. 
Olympic Team Physician in Sochi, Russia.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress, his friends, 
family and fellow servicemembers, I commend LTC Muench for his 
accomplishments.

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