[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 5, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E982-E983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PAYING TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN KARL VAN DEUSEN'S 27 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR 
                                 NATION

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                          HON. C.W. BILL YOUNG

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 5, 2012

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Captain 
Karl Van Deusen, United States Navy for his extraordinary dedication to 
duty and service to the United States of America. Captain Karl Van 
Deusen will retire as the Director of Naval Congressional Liaison for 
Appropriations Matters. His service spans over twenty-seven years of 
active military duty to the United States Navy and the Department of 
Defense.
  Born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, 
Captain Karl Van Deusen received his commission in 1985 through the 
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at Marquette University, 
where

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he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. His rise in the 
Navy began at sea, when Ensign Van Deusen reported aboard the Knox-
class frigate, USS MILLER, and served as Gunnery Officer and Damage 
Control Assistant.
  Afterwards, he subsequently served on five other warships, including 
the Commander of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS GONZALEZ, and 
Commander of Destroyer Squadron FIFTY, home ported in Manama, Bahrain. 
His shore assignments have been focused in the areas of surface 
warfare, appropriations, and congressional liaison which included duty 
on the Navy staff, and the staff of the Secretary of Defense. 
Throughout his career, he has demonstrated exemplary service in duty to 
the mission and care of his Sailors.
  In his culminating assignment as the Director of Naval Congressional 
Liaison for Appropriations Matters Captain Karl Van Deusen forged and 
maintained countless valuable relationships with Congressional members 
and staffers, key leaders at the Office of Management and Budget, 
leadership in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and with his 
Service counterparts. These relationships were critical communication 
links when the Navy needed to provide crucial key information and have 
a voice in critical resourcing decisions that affected its programs and 
priorities.
  The United States Navy, the Department of Defense and the Nation will 
dearly miss one of its most respected and valued leaders as Captain 
Karl Van Deusen leaves active duty. We will miss his humility, 
selflessness, candor and integrity. Captain Karl Van Deusen's exemplary 
leadership and selfless devotion to duty has touched fully two 
generations of Sailors, Department of the Navy Civilians, and their 
Families.
  Mr. Speaker, it has been a pleasure to work closely with Captain Karl 
Van Deusen over the last several years of his long and decorated 
career. On behalf of a grateful Nation, I join my colleagues today in 
recognizing and commending Captain Karl Van Deusen for a lifetime of 
service to his country. For all he and his family have given and 
continue to give to our country; we are in their debt. We wish him, his 
wife Beth, his two sons, Jon and Todd, and his three daughters, Bonnie, 
Margaret, and Cora, all the best in his retirement.

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