[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 85 (Friday, June 18, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1186-E1187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN NOREEN CONSIDINE

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                            HON. KEN CALVERT

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 18, 2004

  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to an 
individual whose dedication and contributions to the community of 
Riverside, CA, and the U.S. Navy Reserve are exceptional. On June 21, 
Captain Noreen Considine will retire from the Naval Reserves after 27 
years of active and reserve military service. We are fortunate to have 
dynamic and dedicated military and community leaders who willingly and 
unselfishly give their time and talent to make their communities and 
nation a better place to live and work. Captain Considine is one of 
these individuals.
  Over the past 27 years Captain Considine has contributed to the Navy, 
Marine Corps, and Department of Defense in the areas of medical 
surveillance, hazardous materials management, preventative medicine, 
and occupational safety and health matters. She has also trained Navy 
Hospital Corpsmen in managing hazardous materials and workplace 
hazards.
  Since 1997, Captain Considine has served with the Chief of Naval 
Operations' Occupational Safety and Health Branch, working with

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full-time safety experts on pinpointing the causes of mishaps and 
targeting remedial actions that maximize force protection. She led the 
establishment of the Navy's 1,001 Safety Success Stories Project, which 
now serves as a web based showcase of the U.S. Navy's safety 
accomplishments. Additionally, Captain Considine developed a multimedia 
presentation of the Navy's occupational safety and health program for 
safety professionals and Navy Public Affairs. In fact, in March 2003, 
she was selected to speak on a panel before the Royal Australian Navy 
regarding military safety. Over the years, Captain Considine has been 
called up to active duty over a dozen times when her country needed 
her, including during Desert Storm.
  Captain Considine's awards include two U.S. Navy Commendations and 
the Alaska Humanitarian Services Medal, earned in 1995 as an Officer in 
charge of a medical detachment to the Northwest Arctic.
  Outside of her military accomplishments, Captain Considine is 
actively involved as an adult literacy program volunteer, a pro-bono 
technical book reviewer for the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science, a community advocate for school board 
accountability and public safety, and much more. As a recent example of 
her care and service to others, she purchased and shipped several 
hundred pounds of supplies and personal care items to our military 
members serving in the War on Terrorism out of her own pocketbook.
  Mr. Speaker, Captain Noreen Considine is a woman dedicated to her 
community and country. Her tireless dedication to the U.S. Navy Reserve 
and Riverside, CA, has contributed immensely to the betterment of those 
with whom she comes into contact. For all that Captain Considine has 
done and given over the years, I am privileged to recognize her 
accomplishments as she retires from a profession that she gave her 
heart and soul too, the U.S. Navy Reserve.

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