[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 50 (Thursday, April 27, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3015-S3016]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CAPTAINS JOHN AND GLORIA CAFFREY

  Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to 
honor Captain John (Jack) and Captain Gloria Caffrey as they retire 
after more than sixty years of combined dedicated service in the United 
States Navy. These two outstanding Navy Nurse Corps officers culminate 
their distinguished careers at the Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, 
Florida, where Captain Jack Caffrey served as the Director of 
Operational Medicine and Captain Gloria Caffrey as the Director of 
Nursing Services and Associate Director of Clinical Services.
  Captain Jack Caffrey has distinguished himself as a true leader and 
pace setter in the Navy Nurse Corps. In addition to his last assignment 
in Operational Medicine, highlights of his

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career include serving as the Commanding Officer and Executive Officer 
of the Naval School of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. His 
strong leadership and dedication to excellence in education and 
training programs led to unprecedented technological advances in 
training materials and methodologies. For more than thirty years 
Captain Jack Caffrey has met every challenge and every assignment with 
enthusiasm and zeal. He has served as a positive role model for all 
Nurse Corps officers and his contributions will positively impact 
military nursing and health care for years to come.
  Captain Gloria Caffrey has also distinguished herself as an 
outstanding Nurse Corp officer for more than thirty years and has 
excelled in numerous executive and clinical assignments. While her 
accomplishments have been many, highlights of her career include 
serving as the Head of the Nurse Corps Assignment Section in the Bureau 
of Naval Personnel. In this role, she expertly managed the assignment 
of 3,200 Nurse Corps officers to billets Navy-wide. Captain Gloria 
Caffrey was instrumental in increasing the number of Nurse Corps 
officers selected to Executive Medicine billets and was key in 
developing policy changes affecting Defense Officer Personnel 
Management Act grade relief and subspecialty reductions. Her superior 
leadership, vision, and dedication to duty has been an inspiration to 
all military nurses. Captain Gloria Caffrey leaves a lasting legacy of 
excellence.
  Mr. President, more than fifty years ago, as I was recovering in a 
military hospital, I began a unique relationship with military nurses. 
The Caffreys embody what I know military nurses to be--strong, 
dedicated professional leaders, stepping to the forefront to serve 
their country and committed to caring for our Sailors, Marines, Airmen, 
Soldiers and family members during peacetime and at war. Captains Jack 
and Gloria Caffrey's many meritorious awards and decorations 
demonstrate their contributions in a tangible way, but it is the legacy 
they leave behind for the Navy Nurse Corps, the United States Navy and 
the Department of Defense of which we are most appreciative. It is with 
pride that I congratulate both Captain Jack Caffrey and Captain Gloria 
Caffrey on their outstanding careers of exemplary service.

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