[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 53 (Wednesday, April 27, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E786-E787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING COMMANDER LEDA MEI LI CHONG

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 27, 2005

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the outstanding 
efforts of and the recent promotion of Commander Leda Mei Chong of the 
United States Navy.
  Commander Chong was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong and calls San Diego, 
California her hometown. After graduating from the University of 
California-San Diego with a degree in Applied Mathematics and French 
Literature, she joined the Navy through the Nuclear Propulsion Officer 
Candidate program and received a direct commission as an Ensign in 
November 1987.
  Commander Chong reported to her first assignment at Naval Nuclear 
Power School, Orlando, Florida as an instructor of mathematics, 
chemistry, materials engineering, and radiological controls. Her second 
assignment was as the Administrative Department Head at Afloat Training 
Group Pacific, San Diego. In 1994 she reported to Naval Postgraduate 
School as a student in the Systems Technology/Joint C3I curriculum.
  Her next assignment was the Navy's Drug Law Enforcement Agency where 
she was concurrently assigned to the Coast Guard's Telecommunications 
and Information Systems Command (TISCOM). As the liaison to the Coast 
Guard, she was responsible for military satellite communications 
interoperability and policy. Following TISCOM, she moved to Keflavik, 
Iceland where she was the Deputy Director for C4 to Commander Iceland 
Defense Force and the N6 for Commander, Fleet Air Keflavik.

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  Commander Chong completed her tour in Keflavik in the Fall of 2000 
and transferred to Washington, DC, to work for the Director of Space, 
Information Warfare, Command and Control (CNO N6). She was the Navy 
requirements officer for the Teleports program, for Australia/Canada/
New Zealand/United Kingdom/United States (AUSCANZUKUS) allied 
interoperability, and for Naval Communications and Telecommunications 
Commands. From 2002 to 2005, she was the Space, C4ISR, and Information 
Technology Congressional Liaison in the Navy Office of Legislative 
Affairs. She is currently assigned as a Navy Appropriations 
Congressional Liaison in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy (Financial, Management and Comptroller).
  I have personally known Commander Chong since 2000 when she assisted 
my office and my staff with our work on Navy cyber security issues. At 
that time, as she is now, she displayed an extremely high level of 
professionalism as well as in-depth knowledge of Navy IT and cyber 
security issues.
  Her recent promotion from Lieutenant Commander to Commander is only 
one instance where her performance has been recognized and I rise here 
today to express my appreciation for her efforts as well.
  Quite simply, the Navy is well served by Commander Chong, as is the 
staff and members of this body.

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