[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 134 (Tuesday, August 14, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1150]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING CAPTAIN JOSEPH O. QUINTANA

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                      HON. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM

                             of new mexico

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 14, 2018

  Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I rise today 
to honor Captain Joseph O. Quintana of the United States Navy, who is 
retiring this month after a distinguished 25 year career. Captain 
Quintana has spent the last quarter century serving our country in a 
variety of reserve and active duty leadership roles in the logistics, 
fuels, and transportation fields.
  Captain Quintana received his Bachelor of Business Administration 
degree from the University of New Mexico in 1983. He went on to receive 
a Master of Science degree in Leadership from the University of Texas 
at El Paso. Captain Quintana earned his commission through the Navy's 
Direct Commissioning Officer Program in 1993 and completed the Basic 
Qualification Course at the Navy Supply Corps School in 1995.
  From 2005 to 2006, Captain Quintana served in Kuwait and Iraq as 
Charlie Company Commander for Navy Customs Battalion Papa. In 2007, he 
served as Interim Fuels Officer at FLC Pearl Harbor, responding to a 
large fuel spill. From 2008 to 2011, Captain Quintana became the only 
Navy Officer ever assigned as Command Inspector General of Joint Task 
Force North at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. He then served with the 
International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from 2012 to 
2013, where he was Officer-in-Charge of the In-Transit Visibility Cell. 
In this role, he was tasked with transporting over $2 billion worth of 
vehicles and ammunition to locations throughout Afghanistan.
  Captain Quintana's distinguished career has earned him a multitude of 
honors including the Joint Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious 
Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps 
Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, and Navy and 
Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate Captain Joseph O. Quintana on his 
well-deserved retirement and thank him for his career of distinguished 
service to our country.

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