[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 107 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE SERVICE OF COLONEL MICHAEL F. BRESLIN

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                            HON. BARRY MOORE

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 23, 2022

  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Madam Speaker, today, I recognize the service 
of Colonel Michael Breslin.
  Over 30 years ago, Michael began a long and storied career in the 
U.S. Army. Michael began his career in 1992, attending flight school at 
Fort Rucker, Alabama, where he learned to fly the U.S. Military's 
premier medium lift tactical transport aircraft, the UH-60 Black Hawk. 
Michael then went on to serve in a myriad of commands starting at Fort 
Campbell and Fort Bragg, then moving to several locations in Asia and 
Europe--ultimately becoming the Commander of the 1-214th Aviation 
Regiment in May 2005, where he served until May 2007.
  At the conclusion of his service with the 214th Aviation regiment, 
Michael went on to earn his Master of Business Administration degree 
from Webster University. Upon completion of his degree, he assumed the 
position of Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization Operations 
Officer, where he established Army aviation policy and ensured 
compliance across all mission sets and components. He also went on to 
plan and execute four separate team deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan 
to assist deployed commanders and bring back evolving tactics to follow 
on units. Immediately following this assignment, he served as the 
Commander of the 1-228th Aviation Regiment in Central America.
  In 2012, Michael was assigned to the Pentagon, where he served as the 
Chief, Current Operations, U.S. Army Aviation G3, and was responsible 
for the movement of over 1,000 aircraft in and out of numerous combat 
zones, sequencing all redeployed aircraft to the Reset program while 
ensuring Commanders were adequately resourced for their mission. While 
serving in this capacity, Michael simultaneously managed over 300 
taskings over the course of his two-year assignment.
  Michael was subsequently returned home to Alabama, where he served as 
Director, Army Medical Evacuation Proponency, defining and articulating 
Aeromedical Evacuation requirements for the entire U.S. Army. He also 
managed all programmatic efforts to sustain and improve the aeromedical 
evacuation fleet of over 600 aircraft, and he successfully collaborated 
with over twenty different entities--centered on the training, 
organizing and funding of the Army medical evacuation program.
  Colonel Breslin's final assignment came in 2018 as he took on the 
title of Assistant Dean of the U.S. Army School of Aviation Medicine. 
In this position, he oversees fourteen programs of instruction, 
including 37 staff members and over 2,000 students.
  After 30 years of military service, Michael began his hard-earned and 
well-deserved retirement on June 1, 2022. Colonel Breslin represents 
the best of what this country has to offer. Michael and his family have 
given so much over the years, and I could not be prouder to pay tribute 
and honor his decades of selfless, dedicated service to our country.

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