[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3751]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING THE DISTINGUISHED MILITARY SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL 
                            MICHELLE GREENE

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                           HON. MARK S. CRITZ

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 20, 2012

  Mr. CRITZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Lieutenant Colonel 
Michelle Greene, an exceptional Army officer and true patriot, in honor 
of her upcoming retirement. For over twenty years, Lieutenant Colonel 
Greene has worn her nation's colors with grace and honor. Her career-
long steadfast commitment to the defense of liberty is a testament to 
her inherent courage and selflessness.
  Lieutenant Colonel Greene began her distinguished career in the Army 
at Fort Stewart in Georgia, where she served as the C Company Ambulance 
Platoon leader and Battalion S-1/Adjutant in the 24th Forward Support 
Battalion, 24th Infantry Division, and then as the Patient 
Administration Officer at Winn Army Community Hospital. From there, she 
went on to work at Walter Reed Medical Center as the A Company 
Commander of the Medical Center Brigade, before going to work within 
the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command, first in the Office of 
Clinical Operations, and then as Secretary to the General Staff.
  After earning a Master's of Science in Health Evaluation Sciences 
from the University of Virginia in 2001 through the Army's Long Term 
Health Education and Training program, Lieutenant Colonel Greene moved 
to Hawaii, where she served in the Patient Administration Division at 
Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu.
  Lieutenant Colonel Greene's most recent assignments have been in 
Washington, DC. In 2004, she became the Executive Assistant to the 
Deputy Surgeon General. After two years in this capacity, she went to 
work as a Legislative Liaison in the Army Budget Congressional Liaison 
Office. It was here that then-Major Greene began working with my boss 
and predecessor, the late-Congressman John P. Murtha--and she soon 
became a capable and trusted liaison between the Chairman and the Army. 
Most recently, she has served as Chief of Congressional Affairs for the 
Office of the Army Surgeon General.
  Lieutenant Colonel Greene moves on to the next chapter of her life 
bolstered by the abiding love and support of her husband, Lieutenant 
Colonel (Retired) Craig Greene, her two sons, Jackson and Austen, and 
her parents, Ken and Linda Snow.
  Mr. Speaker, the strength of Lieutenant Colonel Greene's character 
will ensure that she is successful in whatever she chooses to do next. 
I congratulate her on a distinguished career, and I thank her for her 
many years of service.

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