[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4839]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT S. FERRELL

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                     HON. C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 24, 2017

  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an 
exceptional officer in the United States Army, Lieutenant General 
Robert S. Ferrell, who has served as the Chief Information Officer/G6 
of the United States Army, and will be released from active duty after 
more than 37 distinguished years of active Federal service on 31 March 
2017. Throughout his career, General Ferrell has personified the 
highest standards of Army professionalism and the Soldierly virtues of 
duty, integrity, and selfless service to the Army and our Nation. Many 
of us on Capitol Hill have enjoyed the opportunity to work with General 
Ferrell, and it is my privilege to recognize his achievements.
  General Ferrell, a native of Alabama, was subsequently raised in New 
Jersey, enlisted in the Army in 1977 and attained the rank of Sergeant. 
He then attended Hampton University, enrolled as an ROTC Cadet, and 
completed his studies as a Distinguished Military Graduate, earning a 
commission as a Signal Corps Officer.
  Throughout his extraordinary career, General Ferrell has served in a 
variety of command and staff assignments, leading men and women in 
peace and war, in combat and in humanitarian missions, having commanded 
Soldiers in Korea, Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina and at installations 
throughout the United States to include Fort Bragg, Fort Hood, Aberdeen 
Proving Ground and at the Headquarters, Department of the Army, 
Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
  General Ferrell has served in positions of truly global 
responsibility as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Communications-
Electronics Command, the Director of C4 Systems, U.S. Africa Command, 
the Commander, 2nd Signal Brigade, 5th Signal Command, and the 
Commander 13th Signal Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division.
  Of special note, General Ferrell has spent the last 3 years as the 
Chief Information Officer/G6, responsible for the leadership, 
oversight, management and execution of the Army's information 
technology enterprise, synchronizing the resourcing, development and 
implementation of Army communications and network capabilities for our 
1.1 million person Army, and has proven himself a tremendous leader who 
has demonstrated unselfish devotion to the Nation and our Soldiers and 
Army Civilians.
  General Ferrell's personal efforts have been instrumental in leading 
the Army and developing an integrated approach to Army Network and 
communication operations and modernization that significantly enhanced 
the readiness and warfighting capability of Army forces worldwide.
  General Ferrell exemplifies the most important characteristics of our 
nation's finest military leaders--to include an unwavering sense of 
duty and tireless devotion to the welfare of our Soldiers, Army 
Civilians and their Families. He is the proud son of a retired Army 
Non-Commissioned Officer and for the last seventy consecutive years, a 
member of the Ferrell family has proudly served in the Armed Forces of 
the United States.
  On behalf of Congress and the United States of America, I thank 
General Ferrell, his wife Monique, a member of Army Senior Executive 
Service herself, his two sons, Robert II and Michael, and their entire 
family for the commitment, sacrifices, and contribution they have made 
throughout General Ferrell's honorable military service. 
Congratulations on completing an exceptional and successful career.

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