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 Charles Rowland Hamm, United States Air Force, for exceptionally superior service to the Department of Defense as Defense Attach, United Soviet Socialist Republic, from 1981 to 1983. The distinctive accomplishments of General Hamm reflect great credit upon himself, the United States Air Force, and the Department of Defense.