Gibson C. Armstrong

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Gibson C. Armstrong
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the 100th district
In office
July 20, 2002[1] – November 30, 2006[2]
Preceded byJohn Barley
Succeeded byBryan Cutler
Personal details
Born1967 (age 54–55)
North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Parent(s)Gibson E. Armstrong (father)
EducationUnited States Naval Academy (BS)
Military service
Branch/service United States Marine Corps

Gibson C. Armstrong served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 100th district from 2002 to 2006.[3]

Education[]

Armstrong graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a BS in political science and minors in Chinese and engineering. He was a member of the varsity crew team.

Military service[]

Armstrong was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps and assigned to 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines in Twentynine Palms, CA. There he deployed to Somalia as part of 7th Marine Regiment in support of UNOSOM I. In Somalia he led day and night combat patrols from his battery's "Check Point 50" compound on the "Green Line" that separated two warring tribes. In Twentynine Palms, he served as a forward observer, working with forward air controllers to coordinate the air strikes of Navy, Marine and Air Force aircraft with Marine artillery. As a fire direction officer, he controlled the fire of 6 howitzers during extended day and night field operations.

He was next assigned to be the executive officer of a guard company at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, MD. The company of 80 Marines was authorized to use deadly force to protect vital national nuclear security assets.

While at Patuxent River, Armstrong was selected to become financial manager and was assigned as Deputy Comptroller, 3rd Marine Logistics Group in Okinawa, Japan. There he was tasked with standing up and commanding Combat Service Support Detachment 39. As the Deputy Comptroller, he ran the Group's $60 million logistics budget and supported the logistical needs of 30 units in Hawaii, Korea, Japan and Australia.

Military awards[]

  • National Defense Service Medal
  • Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (2)
  • Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2)
  • Armed Forced Expeditionary Medal
  • Expert Shooter, Rifle
  • Expert Shooter, Pistol

Military schools[]

  • The Basic School
  • Field Artillery School Officer Basic Course
  • US Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Unit Operations Course
  • Naval Gunfire Liaison School
  • Marine Security Force Battalion Security Supervisors Course
  • US Naval War College National Strategy Decision Making Course
  • US Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare Nonresident Program
  • US Marine Corps Financial Management School
  • Naval Postgraduate Comptroller Course
  • Dept. of Defense Professional Military Comptroller School

Pennsylvania House of Representatives[]

Armstrong served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lancaster, PA. His first campaign was against an 18-year incumbent who resigned rather than face Armstrong in the primary election. He was elected in a special election on July 16, 2002.[4]

As a member of the Appropriations Committee, he had oversight of Pennsylvania's $25 billion budget and interacted regularly with state agency, university and non-profit leaders. Armstrong was a key architect and sponsor of a 16-bill Keystone Manufacturing Initiative package that incentivized business and eliminated school property taxes.

Armstrong founded and ran the Renewable Energy and Environmental Caucus. He was instrumental in drafting an advanced fuel standards bill that was part of the Governor's Penn Secure Fuels Initiative.

He served on the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority as Secretary and later chaired the Technical Review Committee, where he led a diverse cross functional team that evaluated $300 million+ worth of advanced energy projects for governor’s funding approval.

While serving on the Aging and Older Adult Services Committee, he analyzed senior care program funding data and discovered a formula oversight favoring Philadelphia. He and his team presented the data to the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, who corrected the formula, netting senior services across Pennsylvania millions of dollars in added annual benefits.

Transportation Committee Chairman Richard Geist picked Armstrong to lead the Aviation Subcommittee and stop the state's $20 million Aviation Trust Fund from losing $1 million annually.

He worked closely with the Secretary of the Environmental Protection, Katie McGinty, to stand up the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority, and served as Chairman of the Technical Review Committee and subsequently Board Secretary. During his tenure, the committee reviewed and approved $300+ million for advanced energy projects, lowering the state's carbon footprint and creating clean energy jobs across Pennsylvania. He served on the authority until 2019.

In his second term he got bipartisan support to pass a resolution establishing the Select Committee on Higher Education, which gave him the authority to hold bipartisan statewide policy hearings on free speech and academic freedom.[5] He spoke at regional and national policy conferences and on radio and TV on education and property tax reform and energy issues. After the tragic West Nickel Mines School shooting, he went on the Glenn Beck Program to tell the encroaching national media to "back off!"[6][7]

Committees, policy caucuses, authorities and organizations[]

  • Aging and Older Adult Services
  • Appropriations
  • Environmental Resources and Energy
  • Governor's Agriculture-Renewable Energy Council
  • Governor's Commission on Asian American Affairs
  • PA Energy Development Authority (Secretary, Technology Review Committee Chairman)
  • Renewable Energy Caucus (Chairman)
  • Select Committee on Higher Education
  • Transportation (Aviation Subcommittee Chairman)
  • Veterans and Emergency Preparedness (Secretary)
  • Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future

Later career[]

After leaving office, he worked in the energy sector. At BlueStar Energy Solutions he served as the company's registered lobbyist in Pennsylvania and Maryland. [8]

He is a vice president at Bank of America.

References[]

  1. ^ "SESSION OF 2002 - 186TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 58" (PDF). Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 2002-07-30.
  2. ^ Per Article II, Section 2 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the legislative session ended on November 30, 2006
  3. ^ http://www.house.state.pa.us/BMC/Bios/PDF/973.PDF
  4. ^ "2002 Special Election for the 100th Legislative District". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania Panel Issues Report on Political Bias on Campus". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Chronicle of Higher Education. 2006. Archived from the original on 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2006-11-24.
  6. ^ "GIBSON C. ARMSTRONG". The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  7. ^ "2002 Special Election for the 100th Legislative District". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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