[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11762]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING FIRST SERGEANT QUINTIN WATERMAN, UNITED STATES ARMY

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                           HON. JOHN CAMPBELL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 24, 2010

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to First 
Sergeant Quintin Waterman, United States Army. First Sergeant Waterman 
has served a distinguished career in the United States Army, spanning 
nearly thirty years, concluding here in the United States House of 
Representatives as the very first senior Non-Commissioned Officer to 
serve as a Legislative Liaison Officer. Over the course of the 28 years 
which First Sergeant Waterman has spent in uniform serving his country, 
he has been cited by his command as exhibiting outstanding initiative, 
leadership, and professionalism in all of his actions. In doing so, he 
has made significant contributions to the welfare of Soldiers, and 
their families, to say nothing of the service he has provided the 
people of this nation.
  During First Sergeant Waterman's career, he has served with 
distinction as a military language instructor, teaching Russian at the 
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, 
California. It was there that he was selected to serve as a Brigade 
Command Language Program Manager. In this capacity, he was responsible 
for the training and professional development of four subordinate 
Command Language Program Managers at the largest Command Language 
Program in the Army's Intelligence and Security Command.
  Following his assignment at the Defense Language Institute Foreign 
Language Center, First Sergeant Waterman was selected as First Sergeant 
for B Company, 741st Military Intelligence Battalion. There he led a 
company of over 112 Soldiers in a number of occupational specialties, 
providing direct support throughout the Signals and Intelligence 
Directorate of the National Security Agency.
  He later performed with distinction at the Deployed Security 
Operations Center for U.S. Central Command as the Chief of Mission for 
Counter-Terrorism, Force Protection, and Indications and Warnings in 
direct support of Operation Enduring Freedom. There is no doubt that 
Master Sergeant has demonstrated himself as a natural and selfless 
leader who is willing to lead from the front.
  Perhaps his most notable service however, was as the very first 
senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army to serve as a 
Legislative Liaison Officer in the U.S. House of Representatives, a 
post for which he was hand selected for by the Sergeant Major of the 
Army. As a Legislative Liaison Officer, First Sergeant Waterman was in 
a unique position to serve as a conduit between the Army, Members of 
Congress, and their staffs. This is a crucial role which allows the 
Army to train, equip, and sustain an Army, especially an Army in the 
time of war.
  I want to thank First Sergeant Waterman for his tireless and selfless 
service to the people of our great nation. His career and performance 
has brought distinction upon himself, the commands he has served under, 
and the entire United States Army. It is Soldiers like First Sergeant 
Waterman who make up the finest Army the world has ever seen and I am 
grateful for his service.

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