[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 74 (Thursday, May 14, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E703]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING MAJOR FRED BROUSSARD

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                            HON. GWEN GRAHAM

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 14, 2015

  Ms. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Major Fred Broussard 
upon the occasion of his retirement after 29 years of honorable service 
to our great Nation in the United States Air Force and Air Force 
Reserve.
  Major Broussard began his career in 1986, upon graduation of Basic 
Personnel School, as a Distinguished Graduate. He was then assigned to 
Hurlburt Field, where in 1990, as a recognized expert in the Personnel 
career field, he was selected to facilitate the stand-up of the 
Headquarters Squadron Section for Headquarters Air Force Special 
Operations Command (HQ AFSOC) and was nominated and selected as the 
Military Personnel Technician of the Year for 1990 and 1991; and 
deployed as the sole SOF representative of the Personnel Support for 
Contingency Operations team during OPERATION DESERT STORM. He was 
selected as a member of the USAF ``Thunderbird'' Team in 1993, where he 
served as the Assignments NCO until his separation from active duty in 
1995.
  After leaving active duty, he immediately entered the Air Force 
Reserve where he served as a Traditional Reservist and Individual 
Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) in a variety of assignments. After nearly 
15-years in the enlisted ranks, he earned his commission as an officer 
in April 2001. He was brought to Washington D.C. at the U.S. Air Force 
Headquarters, Pentagon in 2006 where he has served in three 
directorates filling numerous positions.
  Throughout his myriad of assignments in the Pentagon, Major 
Broussard's ceaseless efforts and devotion to duty resulted in several 
accomplishments to include; successful articulation of the Air Force 
Reserve in the crafting of the Department of Defense policy on Active 
Duty for Operational Support and the Department of the Air Force policy 
for the Post Deployment-Mobilization Respite Absence; crafting the 
first ever game plan for the creation of the Air Force Reserve General 
Officer Vacancy Promotion Board, leading the nomination process, 
whereby shortening the timeline from nomination to Senate confirmation; 
building the foundation and ensuring the implementation of consolidated 
Full-Time support guidance; crafting revised promotion processes 
encompassing all three components of the Air Force in keeping with the 
implementation of the Under Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and 
Reserve Affairs initiative to consolidate personnel programs; 
pioneering the institutionalizing statute-required process for release 
of promotion results, which were adopted by the Chief of Air Force 
Reserve, Chief of the Air National Guard and the General Counsel for 
the Secretary of the Air Force.
  Major Broussard's final role began in July 2012, as the AFR Program 
Manager for Legislative proposals, Office of Reserve Policy 
Integration, in direct support of the Chief of Air Force Reserve. In 
this position, Major Broussard played an integral role in proactively 
engaging Congress as he developed and defended legislation required to 
enact needed policy changes.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress and a grateful 
Nation, I extend our deepest appreciation of Major Joseph Fred 
Broussard for his many years of dedicated service. There is no question 
that the Air Force, Department of Defense, and the United States 
benefitted greatly from Major Broussard's visionary leadership, 
planning, and foresight, and we wish him and his wife, Elaine the very 
best.

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