[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 193 (Thursday, December 15, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2270]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT DAVID W. PARKER

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                            HON. JIM JORDAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 15, 2011

  Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to commend to the House the 
outstanding contributions of Chief Master Sergeant David W. Parker who 
recently retired after thirty-two years of service with the Ohio Air 
National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing.
  Chief Parker enlisted in the Ohio Air National Guard on December 31, 
1979, and began basic training in February, 1980. He started as an 
Electronic Warfare Specialist in the Electronic Counter Measures Shop 
in the Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. There he earned the 
rank of Technical Sergeant.
  In 1994, Chief Parker was chosen as one of only three members of the 
180th to be part of the Combined Task Force at Incirlik Air Base, 
Turkey, where he was part of a team that provided electronic 
countermeasures maintenance support.
  In 1995, he was promoted to Master Sergeant. In 1998, he was selected 
First Sergeant of the Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. He was named the 
Enlisted Association's First Sergeant of the Year in 1998 and the 180th 
Fighter Wing First Sergeant of the Year in both 1998 and 2004.
  He became Senior Master Sergeant in 2005 and Chief Master Sergeant in 
2008. In 2010 he became the NCOIC of Student Flight, a position he held 
until retirement.
  Throughout his career, Chief Parker was deployed numerous times, 
including such locations as Cold Lake, Canada; Incirlik Air Base, 
Turkey; Balad Air Base, Iraq; and Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
  Chief Parker also received copious awards during his thirty-two years 
of service including the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force 
Commendation Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Global 
War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Small Arms Marksmanship Ribbon, the 
Ohio Commendation Medal, and the Ohio Award of Merit.
  Chief Master Sergeant David W. Parker's long and distinguished career 
with the Ohio Air National Guard is a shining example to all who 
volunteer and serve. I am proud to wish him and his family every 
success as they move on to a new chapter in their lives.

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