[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1013]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING BRIGADIER GENERAL KRISTIN K. FRENCH ON HER RETIREMENT

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                           HON. CHERI BUSTOS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 8, 2015

  Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Brigadier 
General Kristin K. French on her retirement from her long and heroic 
service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
   Completing her studies at the historic grounds of West Point 
Military Academy in 1986, Brig. Gen. French would later go on to 
complete two masters degrees in Logistics Management and Strategic 
Studies. After serving all over the world in operations such as 
Operation Desert Fox in Kuwait, Operation Joint Endeavor in Croatia, 
Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and Operation Enduring Freedom in 
Afghanistan, she assumed command of the Joint Munitions and Lethality 
Life Cycle Management Command and Joint Munitions Command at the Rock 
Island Arsenal in Rock Island, Illinois in July of 2013.
   A highly decorated officer, her awards include the Defense Superior 
Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious 
Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation 
Medal and the Army Achievement Medal. Brig. Gen. French is married to 
Lieutenant Colonel Rick French, and together they have a daughter and a 
son.
   Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Brigadier General Kristin French 
for her dedicated service in the Armed Forces, bravely protecting and 
defending American citizens. I congratulate her on her well-earned 
retirement after nearly 30 years of service, and I wish her and her 
family the very best the future has to offer.

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