[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 162 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H12033-H12034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING MAJOR GENERAL DAVID E. TANZI

  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to claim the 
time of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. English).
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Utah?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to introduce 
to this body Major General David Tanzi, the Vice Commander of the 
United States Air Force Reserve, and to honor him on his forthcoming 
retirement, which will be January 11, 2006, at Robins Air Force Base in 
Georgia.
  In his duties as Vice Commander, General Tanzi is responsible for the 
daily operations of the Command, which consists of 76,000 Citizen 
Airmen, 400 aircraft, guiding 36 wings, three flying groups, one space 
group, 620 mission support units and two draft

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choices to be named later. He manages $20 billion in assets, a $3.9 
billion annual budget and has successfully led this command through 
major transformational changes in force structure and in organization.
  General Tanzi is a command pilot with over 4,055 hours in various 
types of planes. He has been honored with numerous awards and 
decorations, including two Distinguished Service Medals, two Legion of 
Merit Awards, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Air Medal.
  General Tanzi is a native of New Hampshire and a graduate of Ohio 
State University. And although he has been stationed throughout the 
United States in his tenure in the military, we in Utah claim him and 
his family as our own. Since the year 1993 through 1999, when he was 
the Commander of the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force in Utah, he 
has maintained a home in Utah only minutes away from that base.
  We warmly welcome General Tanzi and his wife Deb and their new son, 
Anthony, back home to Utah on a permanent basis. For, indeed, the Air 
Reserve Command's loss will be my State's gain.
  General Tanzi's contributions to our Nation's security, his years of 
sacrifice on behalf of others, his superior leadership have paved the 
way for Air Force Reserve excellence and innovations for generations to 
come.

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