[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 21 (Wednesday, March 2, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: March 2, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
                  TRIBUTE TO LT. GEN. EUGENE F. TIGHE

                                 ______


                         HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 2, 1994

  Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
recognize before my colleagues and the American people the passing of 
Lt. Gen. Eugene F. Tighe, Jr., USAF--1921-94.
  General Tighe served 39 years in the Air Force, 4 of these years as 
the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency at which he was a 
tireless advocate for the MIA issue. His life exemplified both 
professionalism and integrity. The American people have been truly 
blessed by the service and life of General Tighe and we will all miss 
his presence greatly.
  I have enclosed a copy of General Tighe's 12 Commandments for Junior 
Airmen. These are principles we would all do well to remember.
  The article follows:

           General Tighe's 12 Commandments for Junior Airmen

       Learn to pray, if you don't know how, today. God's may 
     someday be the only shoulder you can find on which to cry.
       Protect your integrity. Once lost, it is gone forever, and 
     you will know it even though no one around you is aware.
       Learn to listen--except when drowning or otherwise trapped.
       Resist the urge to steer your own canoe. It's better to 
     enjoy the therapy of knowing the Air Force assigned you to a 
     lousy job, than remembering you arranged to get the job 
     yourself.
       Don't volunteer. Your bosses and peers will push and pull 
     you to the level the team effort requires. If you've got it--
     they will know it. If they need it--they'll use it. Once you 
     have the chance--excel.
       Don't be a chronic complainer. Even your mother will get to 
     hate you.
       Arrive for work early. Put in a good day's work, but stay 
     late only if there is work for you to do. Don't try to 
     impress with overtime; it may look like inefficiency.
       Try to develop a single, uncommon specialty. Whether a 
     foreign language, a specific area of expertise, flower 
     growing, or a mechanical talent, it is nice to be able to do 
     something few around you can do, and it is great for your 
     self-confidence.
       Keep stretching your experience--in art, music, literature, 
     and science. If you do, you will never be a bore, or bored 
     with life.
       Strive earnestly to learn to produce reasonably stylish 
     prose and clear, concise reports. And, once in a while, a 
     little poem--but show it to no one.
       When you are out in public, be sure you look like an airman 
     should--at all times. Your bearing will continually shape and 
     discipline your growth to greater things.
       Learn to say thank you frequently and with genuine feeling. 
     You are never likely to be independent.

                          ____________________