[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 78 (Friday, May 23, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1084]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO COLONEL DANNY P. PRICE FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE 
                       TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY

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                          HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 22, 2003

  Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Army Colonel Danny P. 
Price. Given the current international environment, it is fitting that 
this chamber honors a man of Colonel Price's character. Colonel Price 
entered the Army on September 14, 1972. He served two years during his 
first tour as an enlisted administrative specialist. He re-entered the 
Army in 1977 and received his commission from the United States Army 
Officer Candidate School in 1978. His military education includes the 
U.S. Army Signal Officer Basic Communications Course, the U.S. Army 
Field Artillery Basic Communications Staff Officer Course, the U.S. 
Marine Corps Advanced Communications Officer Course, the U.S. Army 
Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army Force Management 
School, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He holds a 
Bachelor of Science degree from Morehead State University (Kentucky), a 
Master of Education degree from the University of South Carolina, and a 
Master of Science degree from the Industrial College of the Armed 
Forces.
  Colonel Price has served in a variety of command and staff positions. 
He was a field artillery signal officer, platoon leader, and signal 
battalion staff officer in the 82nd Airborne Division from 1978 to 
1982. From 1983 to 1986, he served in the 8th Mechanized Infantry 
Division, Bad Kreuznach, Germany, where he was a signal battalion staff 
officer and Commander, Company A, 8th Signal Battalion. His next 
assignment was at the United States Military Academy where he served as 
a company and battalion tactical officer from 1987 to 1990. He then 
served as the battalion executive officer with the 50th Signal 
Battalion and the 35th Signal Brigade (logistics officer) and S3 
(operations officer).
  He next served as an operations analyst in the Commander-in-Chief 
Initiatives Group, U.S. Forces Korea from 1994 to 1995. He then 
commanded the 501st Signal Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air 
Assault) from 1995 to 1997. The assignment was followed by his most 
recent assignments--two tours in the Pentagon. First, as a Systems 
Integrator in the Force Development Division of the U.S. Army Office of 
the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, from 1997 to 1998; and 
second, as a Senior Staff Analyst in the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Command and Control, Communications, and 
Intelligence. He served in this position from June 1999 and will retire 
from there in June 2003.
  His awards and decorations include: the Defense Superior Service 
Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with one sliver oak leaf cluster 
and two bronze oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army 
Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Humanitarian Service 
Medal, the Secretary of Defense Staff Qualification Badge, the Army 
Staff Qualification Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Master 
Parachutist Badge, and the Ranger Tab.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying special tribute 
to Colonel Danny Price. Our citizens are served well by having such 
honorable and selfless soldiers, like Colonel Price, who care about 
their well being and stability. We wish Colonel Price, his wife, Jill, 
and their family all the best as we pay tribute to one of our nation's 
finest soldiers. May he now enjoy the freedom he so ably defended

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