IN SR0085

Senate Resolution honoring Brigadier General Ross Ridge for commanding Task Force 2010, an anti-corruption unit in Afghanistan

Ross Ridge graduated from Indiana University in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in political science and grew up in Bloomington, Indiana

In 2007, Ridge was deployed to Iraq where he served as Chief of Staff for the Strategic Effects Directorate at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, focusing on political and economic development

In 2010, Ridge became commander of Task Force 2010, which investigated corruption in Afghanistan by attacking criminal theft rings and pursuing actions against contractors associated with criminal networks; the task force achieved over $1.2 billion in cost avoidance through financial reviews and recommendations

The Secretary of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of the resolution to Brigadier General Ross Ridge