Under the provisions of Department of Defense 1348.33-M, the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America takes pleasure in awarding the Defense Superior Service Medal to Lieutenant General Richard Allen Chilcoat, United States Army, for exceptionally superior service to the Department of Defense as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1990 to 1992. The distinctive accomplishments of Lieutenant General Chilcoat reflect great credit upon himself, the United States Army, and the Department of Defense.