[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 5 (Thursday, January 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H373-H374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING COLONEL ERICA INGRAM

  (Mr. HILL of Arkansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
accomplishments of Colonel Erica Ingram, who recently became the first 
African-American female colonel in Arkansas National Guard history.
  Colonel Ingram is a native of Wilmar, Arkansas, and a graduate of the 
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. She began her military career as 
a second lieutenant on Active Duty with the United States Army in 1995.
  Throughout her two decades in the Army, Colonel Ingram has earned the 
Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the 
Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Reserve 
Components Achievement Medal, the

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National Defense Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Global War 
on Terrorism Service Medal, the Arkansas Emergency Service Ribbon, and 
the Arkansas Service Ribbon.
  She has served as the president of the National Guard Association of 
Arkansas, and she is a graduate of Leadership Greater Little Rock.
  My congratulations and best wishes to Colonel Ingram and her family, 
and I thank her for her service to our citizens and her bright future 
as a defender of our great Nation.

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