[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 134 (Thursday, October 20, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2149]
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 RECOGNIZING THE MILITARY AND COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS OF COLONEL JAMES 
   DOTY AS COMMANDER OF FORT HUNTER LIGGETT AND PARKS RESERVE FORCES 
                             TRAINING AREA

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                         HON. ELLEN O. TAUSCHER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 20, 2005

  Mrs. TAUSCHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Colonel James Doty 
for exceptional service to the military and to our community in forming 
the U.S. Army Combat Support Training Center in northern California.
  Between June 2003 and October 2005, Colonel Doty led an ambitious, 
successful effort to create a free-standing installation that supports 
training for both Active and Reserve Components.
  Colonel Doty unified four individual sites under one command in 
creating the Training Center, a truly remarkable feat. At the Parks 
Training Area, he managed a historic Army Real Property Exchange to 
permit replacement of aging structures decades beyond their useful life 
with over $200 million worth of critical support facilities. He 
prepared Fort Hunter Liggett for implementation of Defense Secretary 
recommendations to make it the Training Support Headquarters for the 
91st Division. Furthermore, he overcame significant obstacles to 
preside over the development of more than 300 housing units at the 
Parks site and at Moffett Federal Airfield across the San Francisco Bay 
in Sunnyvale.
  No less remarkably, Colonel Doty accomplished these achievements in a 
characteristically affable, engaging, and sincere manner. His 
intelligence, tireless energy, and commitment to success are enhanced 
by his personal integrity and genuine regard for those in his command 
and in the larger community affected by his leadership.
  Mr. Speaker, I wish much satisfaction and success to Colonel Doty in 
his well-earned, exciting new assignment. He, his wife Charlotte, and 
their family have endeared themselves to everyone who knows them in the 
Tri-Valley region. They will be remembered fondly and sorely missed.

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