[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 97 (Friday, June 27, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO CHARLES L. STUPPARD

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 26, 2003

  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend and 
congratulate Commander Charles L. Stuppard, United States Navy, who is 
leaving from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to be the next Commanding 
Officer of the USS Arleigh Burke (DDG51). The Arleigh Burke is a guided 
missile AEGIS Destroyer with a complement of about 325 personnel 
including 25 Officers. Commander Stuppard is slated to be at the helm 
of this powerful Navy vessel in April 2004.
  Commander Stuppard joined the Naval Officer Corps in 1985. He 
obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical and Aerospace 
Engineering from Cornell University and his Master's degree in National 
Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. Commander 
Stuppard's achievements and accomplishments are truly exemplary and I 
hope many young people from my district and around the country will 
follow in his footsteps as an Officer and a Gentleman. I congratulate 
Commander Stuppard for a job well done and wish him and his family fair 
winds and following seas.

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