[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 133 (Wednesday, October 19, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


              A TRIBUTE TO REAR ADMIRAL KATHLEEN K. PAIGE

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 19, 2005

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor today to 
recognize the service of an outstanding leader in our Nation's Armed 
Forces. After more than 34 years in uniform, Rear Admiral Kathleen K. 
Paige will soon retire from the United States Navy and move on to 
private life.
  Admiral Paige's sustained, superb service culminated in a series of 
highly challenging senior assignments where she demonstrated dedication 
to one primary goal: providing highly effective military capabilities 
to warfighters.
  Her first Flag assignment was as Commander, Naval Surface Warfare 
Center in July 1996. Two years later, she assumed duties as Director, 
Theater Air and Missile Defense and Systems Engineering in the Program 
Executive Office for Theater Surface Combatants. Then, in April 1999, 
she was given the additional concurrent assignment as the first 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development & Acquisition) 
Chief Engineer--the Navy's senior technical authority for development 
of system and technical architectures. Because of her extraordinary 
talent and expertise in complex systems, in July 2001, the Missile 
Defense Agency selected her to be the first Ballistic Missile Defense 
System Technical Director in charge of integrating the engineering 
development of all the systems comprising the missile defense program.
  Since August 2002, Admiral Paige has also served as the Navy's senior 
Engineering Duty Officer--nurturing the engineering community's rich 
heritage of scientific fact-finding and integrated, top-down 
engineering to ensure continuous innovation. At the same time, she made 
certain that the Navy remained anchored to fundamental operational 
realities.

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