[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 144 (Monday, December 1, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE SERVICE OF CAPT. MARK EDWARD DREILING

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                             HON. LEE TERRY

                              of nebraska

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 1, 2014

  Mr. TERRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Captain Mark Edward 
Dreiling, who is retiring from the United States Air Force. He is a 
third generation Airman who comes from a family with a long history of 
military service to this nation.
  Capt. Dreiling entered the United States Air Force through ROTC 
Detachment 465 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He then began his 
career as a Missile Warning Crew Commander where his crews provided 
warning and battle space awareness to deployed personnel engaged in 
both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. With over 
2500 error free hours of operations and five Highly Qualified 
Evaluation ratings, his crew earned the Air Force Space Command Crew 
Member Excellence Award. During this time, he was selected to serve as 
both the Chief of Crew Force Management and the Chief of Operations 
Training.
  Under his leadership in Crew Force Management, his team secured the 
first-ever error free Space Command Inspector General assessment for 
the office, earning the Professional Team Award during the 2008 
operational readiness inspection. During his tenure in Operations 
Training, Capt. Dreiling's leadership helped his team garner the 2010 
Air Force Space Command Operational Readiness Inspection operations 
group ``excellent'' rating. By leading the instruction and war fighting 
proficiency efforts for over two hundred missile warning crew members, 
he ensured the technical accuracy and effectiveness of training 
materials and operational procedures for the entire crew force.
  Capt. Dreiling's next assignment was to the Joint Functional 
Component Command for Space, where he was the first DoD representative 
to complete certification on one of the government's newest overhead 
sensors. During this time, he completed over five hundred error free 
hours providing unprecedented indications and warning for nine high 
interest events.
  Most recently, Capt. Dreiling served as the Test Director for the 
family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-sight Terminals at the Air Force 
Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 4. During his final 
assignment, his work on a $3.9 billion military satellite communication 
terminal program directly informed a Secretary of Defense Milestone 
decision critical to the maturation of the future Presidential and Air 
Force Strategic Nuclear Command and Control System.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in wishing Capt. Dreiling and his family 
a heartfelt thanks on behalf of a grateful nation for their dedication 
and service to our country.

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