[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 172 (Friday, October 19, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING SERGEANT MAJOR PAUL COLLIER, U.S. ARMY

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                         HON. STEVEN M. PALAZZO

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 19, 2018

  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize the retirement of 
an outstanding military service member, Sergeant Major Paul L. Collier, 
Jr.
  For 40 years, Collier has shown outstanding leadership, 
professionalism, and technical ability while serving in the Mississippi 
Army National Guard. Born in Wurzburg, Germany, Collier began his 
career at Camp Shelby, then Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Sergeant 
Major Collier will retire from service at Camp Shelby in his most 
recent role as Logistics Senior Supply Supervisor of the Joint Forces 
Training Center.
  SGM Collier served at home and abroad with great distinction. 
Deployments included Panama, Italy, and South America, as well as 
Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, 
and Iraqi Freedom.
  Highly decorated SGM Collier fully engaged in service, earning a 
collection of awards and decorations too numerous to mention. Among 
them are the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal (with 
four Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (with three Oak Leaf 
Clusters), and the Armed Forces Service Medal.
  Educational pursuits have been paramount to SGM Collier's successful 
military career. From the Sergeant Majors Academy, NCO courses, Army 
Combative Instructors Course, Airborne, Battle Skills, Basic Law 
Enforcement Academy, and Leadership Development, few soldiers rival SGM 
Collier's 40-year military education journey. In addition, he also 
holds a Bachelors' Degree in Business Management, and is an active 
member of VFW Post 3036--Hattiesburg, MSNCOA, and EANGUS, Association 
of Quartermasters, and the National Infantry Association. He is married 
to the former Paula Stuckey with whom he shares two sons and one 
daughter-in-law.
  His numerous accomplishments and exemplary leadership reflect great 
credit upon our United States military. It is my honor and privilege to 
recognize Sergeant Major Paul L. Collier, Jr.

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