[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 54 (Monday, April 16, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E536]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO COL. JOHN K. CARNEY

                                 ______
                                 

                       HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 16, 2012

  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the lifetime 
accomplishments of Colonel John K. Carney. Col. Carney, originally from 
Braxton County, West Virginia, passed away less than one month ago on 
March 17, 2012. He was a World War II veteran and worked more than 38 
years in government service.
  Col. Carney began his military career in 1941 serving for the United 
States Air Force. Throughout his tenure, he supervised an array of 
management and logistics programs for the Air Force both in the United 
States and abroad. His overseas assignments included tours in South 
America, Trinidad, and Saudi Arabia, in addition to two tours in the 
Philippines. His final six years in the military were spent in the 
Pentagon at Air Force Headquarters. Here, he worked in the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense where he headed joint service planning and 
negotiating groups leading to the consolidation of major logistics 
functions within the Department of Defense.
  After 24 years of military service with the Air Force, Col. Carney 
retired in 1966. It was at this time when he began a second career with 
the General Services Administration. While working with the GSA, he 
pursued the development of a government-wide national supply system, 
which entailed a series of negotiations between the Department of 
Defense and other federal agencies. He retired a second time in 1980 
from his position as Director of Supply Policy.
  Along with his dedication to his work, Col. Carney was committed to 
his community and family life as well. While living in Springfield, 
Virginia, he played an integral role in the founding of St. Bernadette 
Catholic Church. It was in Springfield where he and his wife raised 
their six children, sixteen grandchildren, and nineteen great-
grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, the level of devotion to both family and country by Col. 
Carney is one deserving of great honor and respect.
  I wish to thank Col. Carney for his years of service and Braxton 
County is fortunate to remember him as one of their own.

                          ____________________