[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 2, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E913]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN DANIEL MacLEOD

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                        HON. WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 1, 2007

  Mr. DELAHUNT. Madam Speaker, I rise today so that my colleagues in 
the House of Representatives can join me in honoring the exemplary 
career of a constituent and fellow Coastie.
  After 26 years of service, Captain Daniel MacLeod, originally of 
Hanover, Massachusetts, will be retiring from the United States Coast 
Guard on June 29, 2007. Captain MacLeod's extended resume boasts an 
impressive list of accomplishments.
  After Graduating the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1981, Captain 
MacLeod served as First Lieutenant aboard USCGC VALIANT and then as a 
Navy Exchange Officer aboard USS GRIDLEY. Captain MacLeod then served 
as executive officer of TACLET Miami conducting counter-drug 
operations. While serving as Operations Officer for USCGC RUSH (WHEC-
723), Captain MacLeod received TAD orders to the Persian Gulf with the 
first group of Coast Guardsmen to participate in Operation Desert 
Shield. After a tour at Coast Guard Headquarters as part of the 
Deepwater Mission Analysis Staff, Captain MacLeod spent two years as 
Executive Officer of CGC TAMPA (WMEC-902). Then, in January of 2000 
Captain MacLeod was assigned as Commanding Officer of USCGC FORWARD 
(WMEC-911). Both the TAMPA and FORWARD completed numerous counter-drug, 
homeland security, alien migration interdiction operation patrols.
  In June 2002, Captain MacLeod was assigned as Chief of the Marine 
Protected Species Division. While assigned, Captain MacLeod headed up 
the Maritime Homeland Security and General Law Enforcement Division. On 
October 1, 2007, Captain MacLeod will be retiring from the United 
States Coast Guard as Chief of the Deepwater Human Systems Integration 
Office.
  As a former Coast Guard Reservist and co-chair of the Coast Guard 
Caucus, it is an honor to recognize Captain MacLeod's many years of 
admirable service. I wish him all the best in his retirement and know 
that his courage and leadership will be missed.

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