[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24697]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   IN HONOR OF COLONEL STEPHEN GREENE

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 10, 2008

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of COL Stephen 
Greene, and in recognition of his outstanding service to our country. 
Colonel Greene is retiring after 39 years of service in the U.S. Army.
  Colonel Greene boasts a successful and diverse military career, 
beginning when he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) as an active 
duty enlisted airman from 1969 to 1973. During that time, he traveled 
throughout South east Asia and remained in the USAF reserves until 
1975. The following year, Colonel Greene graduated from nursing school 
to become a registered nurse (RN). A number of years later, in 1981, he 
graduated from Basic Airborne School Fort Benning, Georgia, and from 
the Cleveland Clinic School of Nurse Anesthesia. He served as a 
certified RN anesthetist in the USAR 156th General Hospital, located in 
Parma, Ohio, and later had tours in Honduras, Panama, Kentucky, 
Colorado, Texas, Georgia and Germany. From 1998 until his retirement at 
the end of this year, Colonel Greene completed multiple tours caring 
for severely injured combat soldiers in Germany and Afghanistan.
  Colonel Greene was promoted to colonel in the U.S. Army in November 
of 2001 and boasts over 20 awards and badges from his service to our 
country. The Bronze Star, Joint Service, Commendation Medal, Army 
Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Air Force Good Conduct 
Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, National Defense 
Service Medal and the Expert Field Medical Badge are just a few of the 
awards and badges he has received throughout his 39 year career. 
Colonel Greene served as a senior nurse anesthetist (NA) at the Louis 
Stokes VA Medical Center for 7 years, prior to working as an NA at the 
Cleveland Clinic at Hillcrest Hospital, where he has been the last 7 
years.
  Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honor of COL Stephen 
Greene as he retires from 39 years of service in the U.S. Army, and in 
recognition of his outstanding dedication and service to our country, 
and to all the men and women who have served along with him.

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