[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 135 (Friday, September 19, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1481-E1482]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING MRS. VIRGINIA CANNINGTON FOR 31 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE 
                             TO OUR COUNTRY

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                           HON. AUSTIN SCOTT

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 18, 2014

  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, on the occasion of her 
retirement from the civil service with the United States Government, I 
want to recognize Mrs. Virginia (Ginger) Cannington for her 31 years of 
continuous service to our country. In her most recent position, Mrs. 
Cannington was an analyst for Medical Officer Special Programs in the 
Office of the Command Surgeon, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air 
Force Base, Georgia, where she served as the single point of contact 
for commissioning medical professionals into the Air Force Reserve.
  Mrs. Cannington began her career with the United States Government in 
1983 working for

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the Internal Revenue Service in Shreveport, Louisiana. After 17 months, 
she transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers in Bossier City. She 
then began working for the 47th Fighter Squadron in October of 1985 on 
Barksdale AFB, Louisiana--which began her association with the Air 
Force. Mrs. Cannington would later join her husband with his Air Force 
assignments and work at 509th Tactical Missile Wing in RAF Greenhom 
Common, England; the 410th Transportation Squadron at K.I. Sawyer AFB, 
Michigan; the 480th Intelligence Group at Langley AFB, Virginia; 
culminating her career at the Medical Directorate for the Air Force 
Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, GA.
  During her tenure, Mrs. Cannington was awarded the Air Combat Command 
Transportation Professional of the Year, Air Intelligence Agency Junior 
Professional of the Year, National Air Intelligence Professional of the 
Year, and a National Reserve Recruiting Award for Support Personnel 
several times. As an analyst at the Air Force Reserve Medical 
Directorate, she processed 2,811 commissioning packages. Her role was 
crucial in ensuring there were enough healthcare professionals for 
those wounded in battle, a mission at which she excelled.
  Mrs. Cannington could not have made such a tremendous impact within 
the Air Force without the love and unfailing support of her family, 
specifically her husband of 44 years, retired Chief Master Sergeant 
William Cannington; her children--Jennifer and her husband Bob; Josh; 
and Matt and his partner Gregg; her sister Cathy and her husband Dave 
as well as Melody and her husband Thor. She also contributes her 
success to her mother, Virginia Walker and her mother-in-law Ann 
Cannington.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Mrs. 
Virginia Cannington for her outstanding service to both the United 
States Air Force and our great Nation. We wish her and her family the 
best of luck as she transitions into retirement. Mrs. Cannington is a 
true professional and a credit to herself, her family, and the United 
States of America.

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