[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16702-16703]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                THE U.S. ARMY'S 2011 SOLDIER OF THE YEAR

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to offer my enthusiastic 
congratulations to Army Specialist Thomas Hauser for being named the 
Army's 2011 Soldier of the Year.
  Specialist Hauser is a native of my district, Ohio's First 
Congressional District. He is a 2008 graduate of Colerain High School 
and is the son of Colerain Township residents Kim Ranson Hauser and 
Michael Hauser.
  Without question, Specialist Hauser has distinguished himself as the 
best of the best. This Army-wide competition culminated in a final 
round of 12 soldiers being tested on a wide array of skill sets, to 
include physical fitness,

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urban warfare tactics, a day and night land navigation course, 
battlefield scenario tests, and a variety of drills.
  Specialist Hauser serves his country as a proud member of the 563rd 
Military Police Company, of the 91st Military Police Battalion, and of 
the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York.
  Congratulations to Specialist Thomas Hauser on this great 
accomplishment. You've made all the folks back home in Cincinnati 
proud.

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