[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 163 (Saturday, December 17, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO RADM CHRISTOPHER WEAVER

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 16, 2005

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor RADM Christopher 
Weaver, United States Navy, who is retiring after more than 34 years of 
faithful service to our Nation.
  A native of Harrisonville, MO, Rear Admiral Weaver began his career 
in 1971, when he graduated from the United States Naval Academy. He 
holds a bachelor of science degree from the Naval Academy and a master 
of public administration degree from George Washington University. He 
is also a distinguished graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed 
Forces. Rear Admiral Weaver is an honorary Seabee and honorary master 
chief petty officer.
  During the years that followed, Rear Admiral Weaver accrued an 
impressive operational career highlighted by command of USS Exultant 
and USS Spruance. Rear Admiral Weaver was designated a surface warfare 
officer in 1973. His sea tours also include duty aboard USS Marvin 
Shields, USS Capodanno, USS Boulder, and USS Samuel Eliot Morison.
  Ashore he commanded U.S. Naval Station, Norfolk, VA, the world's 
largest Navy base, and served as an assignment officer in the Bureau of 
Naval Personnel, as head of the Seamanship and Navigation Department at 
the U.S. Naval Academy, as head of the Surface Combatant Branch of the 
Surface Warfare Division and as head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the 
Expeditionary Warfare Division. He also served as executive officer to 
the director of Logistics, J4, the Joint Staff.
  He was selected for Flag rank in February 1997. Rear Admiral Weaver 
served as the 83rd commandant of Naval District Washington, the oldest 
continuously operated Navy installation in the Nation. In his most 
recent assignment as commander, Navy Installations Command, and 
director, Ashore Readiness Division, Rear Admiral Weaver led 
unprecedented organizational change amid an historic time of overall 
Navy transformation in the Navy's shore infrastructure.
  Rear Admiral Weaver is an exceptional leader. He is an individual of 
uncommon character and his professionalism will be sincerely missed in 
the Navy. Mr. Speaker, I am certain that my colleagues will join me in 
thanking RADM Christopher Weaver for his honorable service in the 
United States Navy, and wishing him and his wife Chris all the best in 
the years to come.

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