[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALEXANDER H. ISAAC, JR. FOR HIS 
     OUTSTANDING MILITARY SERVICE ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT

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                         HON. DANIEL T. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 18, 2015

  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I ask the United States House of 
Representatives join me in recognizing Lieutenant Colonel Alexander H. 
Isaac, Jr., for his 22 years of distinguished military service and to 
congratulate him on his retirement from the United States Armed Forces.
   Lieutenant Colonel Alexander H. Isaac, Jr. has been decorated with 
numerous medals, awards and service distinctions. It is my honor to 
recognize such a distinguished citizen.
   LTC Isaac began serving his nation in the United States Army in 1993 
with the 3rd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th 
Mountain Division (Light Infantry). Here he served as a Rifle Platoon 
Leader, Assistant Operations Officer, and as a Rifle Company Executive 
Officer. During his time with the ``Golden Dragons,'' LTC Isaac had 
multiple deployments throughout the United States, Central America, and 
a deployment to Haiti as part of Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY. In 1999, 
LTC Isaac assumed command of A Company, 2-2 Infantry, and his company 
was deployed to Kosovo in support of Operation JOINT GUARDIAN.
   In 2001, LTC Isaac was assigned to Military District of Washington 
as a project officer where he designed the command's centralized Cyber 
Operations Center. In 2003, LTC Isaac was selected to support the 
Coalition Provisional Authorities' staff as Special Projects Liaison 
between the Iraqi Ministry of Communications and U.S. Embassy in Iraq.
   In 2010, LTC Isaac was selected as the Task Force liaison to the 
National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Virginia. In 2011, LTC 
Isaac was one of three officers responsible for the establishment of a 
robust data analytics program within Special Operations Command as well 
as implementing a next-generation visualization system for the Joint 
Interagency Task Force--National Capital Region, a subordinate unit 
within Joint Special Operations Command.
   Mr. Speaker, I applaud Lieutenant Colonel Alexander H. Isaac, Jr. 
and extend my heartfelt appreciation to him for his years of service to 
our great country.

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