[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11092]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING BRIGADIER GENERAL KRISTIN K. FRENCH ON HER RETIREMENT

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                           HON. CHERI BUSTOS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 8, 2015

  Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Brigadier 
General Kristin K. French on her retirement from her long and heroic 
service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
  Completing her studies at the historic grounds of West Point Military 
Academy in 1986, Brig. Gen. French would later go on to complete two 
masters degrees in Logistics Management and Strategic Studies. After 
serving all over the world in operations such as Operation Desert Fox 
in Kuwait, Operation Joint Endeavor in Croatia, Operation Iraqi Freedom 
in Iraq and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, she assumed 
command of the Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management 
Command and Joint Munitions Command at the Rock Island Arsenal in Rock 
Island, Illinois in July of 2013.
  A highly decorated officer, her awards include the Defense Superior 
Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious 
Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation 
Medal and the Army Achievement Medal. Brig. Gen. French is married to 
Lieutenant Colonel Rick French, and together they have a daughter and a 
son.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Brigadier General Kristin French 
for her dedicated service in the Armed Forces, bravely protecting and 
defending American citizens. I congratulate her on her well-earned 
retirement after nearly 30 years of service, and I wish her and her 
family the very best the future has to offer.

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