[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 6, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1156-E1157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    RETIREMENT OF COMDR. HARRY ROUSE

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                          HON. OWEN B. PICKETT

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, June 6, 1995
  Mr. PICKETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a truly 
outstanding Naval officer, Comdr. Harry V. Rouse, who has served with 
distinction for the past 32 months as a legislative counsel in the 
Navy's Office of Legislative Affairs. It is a privilege for me to 
recognize his many outstanding achievements as he prepares to retire 
following a career of distinguished service to this legislative body 
and to our great Nation as a whole.
  A native of Tulsa, OK, Commander Rouse earned a bachelor of science 
degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1977, graduating with 
distinction. Upon graduation, he was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. 
Navy.
  Commander Rouse spent his first sea tour aboard the destroyer U.S.S. 
Kinkaid, where he served in the engineering department. He was selected 
for participation in the Navy's Law Education Program, and, following a 
brief assignment to recruiting duty in Oklahoma City, OK, began his 
studies at Harvard Law School in August 1982. Commander Rouse earned 
his doctor of jurisprudence degree in 1985, and following graduation 
from the Naval Justice School in Newport, RI, reported to the Naval 
Legal Service Office, San Diego, CA, in November 1985.
  Commander Rouse distinguished himself in all of his assigned duties 
at the Naval Legal Service Office, including defense counsel and 
command services officer. Upon completing this highly successful tour, 
and receiving the Navy Commendation Medal for outstanding service, he 
reported aboard U.S.S. New Jersey as the command judge advocate. He 
performed admirably in this assignment as well, completing a 2-year 
tour in May 1990 and was awarded the Navy Meritorious Service Medal in 
recognition of that performance.
  He returned ``home'' to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1990, assuming 
duties as the legal adviser to the Commandant of Midshipmen, where his 
superb contribution was recognized with the award of his second Navy 
Commendation Medal. For the past 3 years Commander Rouse has served in 
the Navy's Office of Legislative Affairs, where he has provided members 
of the House National Security Committee, our professional and personal 
staffs, as well as many of you seated here today, with timely support 
regarding many Navy plans and programs. His valuable contributions have 
enabled Congress and the Department of the Navy to work closely 
together [[Page E1157]] to ensure we continue to provide for and 
support the best naval force, its members and their families, in the 
world.
  Mr. Speaker, Harry Rouse has made numerous sacrifices during his 
illustrious naval career in order to provide a significant contribution 
to the outstanding naval forces upon which our country relies so 
heavily. He is a great credit to both the Navy and this country he has 
so proudly served. As he now departs the Navy to pursue challenges in 
civilian life, I call upon my colleagues from both sides of the aisle 
to wish him every success as well as fair winds and following seas.


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