[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 137 (Wednesday, November 12, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1516-E1517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING THE CAREER OF REAR ADMIRAL GARY W. ROSHOLT

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                          HON. KENNY MARCHANT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 12, 2014

  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the career and 
celebrate the retirement of Rear Admiral Gary W. Rosholt, who has 
served in the United States Navy for over thirty-four years and, though 
with the U.S. Embassy at the United Arab Emirates at this time, resides 
in Irving, Texas.
  Rear Admiral Rosholt's decades of service to our nation were notably 
preceded by his own father's career with the U.S. Air Force. Rosholt 
himself was commissioned during his years at the University of Illinois 
at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned a degree in electrical engineering 
and was enrolled in the Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC). 
In February 1980, he completed Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL 
training with Class 106.
  In his commendable career, Rosholt served multiple tours in Naval 
Special Warfare, including assigmnents with Underwater Demolition Team 
12, SEAL Team One, and Special Boat Unit 20. He also earned his masters 
of science degree in operations management at the University of 
Arkansas while on a shore duty assignment with the Chief of Naval 
Technical Training.
  Rosholt served valuable roles in the Reserve component as well. He 
held a staff position in the Naval Surface Warfare Center,

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White Oak, and was a Navy emergency preparedness liaison officer with 
the Director of Military Support and the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense. He also commanded five units 
in the Navy Reserve: Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity Norfolk 
Detachment 406, Special Boat Unit 20, Naval Special Warfare Unit 4, 
U.S. Special Operations Command Detachment 108, and Naval Special 
Warfare Command headquarters.
  In October 2008, Gary W. Rosholt earned his promotion to Rear Admiral 
and returned to active duty in the U.S. Navy. He then served as the 
deputy commanding general for Special Operations Command in U.S. 
Central Command. Currently, he serves as the Senior Defense Official 
and Defense Attache at the U.S. Embassy at Abu Dhabi in the United Arab 
Emirates.
  Rosholt is a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia and, in a 
civilian setting, was also a consultant with a focus on Special 
Operations, particularly with regard to research, development, and 
acquisition programs.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to ask all of my distinguished colleagues 
to join me in marking the retirement of Rear Admiral Gary W. Rosholt 
and thanking him for his long career of honorable service to the United 
States Navy.

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