[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 10, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E18]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       RECOGNIZING KEVIN SELLERS

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                          HON. BETH VAN DUYNE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 10, 2024

  Ms. VAN DUYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of a grateful 
Nation and the citizens of the Twenty-Fourth District of Texas, the 
2023 Congressional Veteran Commendation is hereby presented to Kevin 
Sellers, Colonel, United States Air Force, of Grapevine, Texas for the 
honorable service he performed while in the Armed Forces of the United 
States of America and for his continued service to his community.
  Mr. Sellers was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Air Force in 
1995, serving as an acquisitions and material officer, with deployments 
to both Afghanistan and Iraq as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and 
Iraqi Freedom, respectively. His decorations include the Bronze Star, 
the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal 
with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal with three 
Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Achievement Medal, the Joint 
Meritorious Unit Award, the Meritorious Unit Award, the AF Outstanding 
Unit Award with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Organizational 
Excellence Award with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the National Defense 
Service Medal with one Service Star, the Iraq Campaign Medal with one 
Service Star, the Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary and Service 
Medals, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Nuclear Deterrence 
Operations Service Medal, the Overseas Ribbon, the Air Force 
Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border with one Oak Leaf 
Cluster, the Longevity Service with six Oak Leaf Clusters, the Small 
Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (Pistol), and the Air Force Training 
Ribbon.
  The selflessness Mr. Sellers demonstrated in the U.S. Air Force 
continues with his service to his community. He currently serves as a 
Tarrant County Precinct Chair, the Service Officer for the Grapevine 
Rotary Club as well as a member of its Foundation Board, and the 
Commander of the Airport Cities Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 10454 
in Grapevine.
  Mr. Sellers' service is consistent with the finest traditions of the 
United States Air Force and reflects great credit upon himself, the 
State of Texas, and the United States of America.

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