[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E760-E761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CITATION TO RECOGNIZE BRIGADIER GENERAL DENNIS D. DOYLE, DEPUTY CHIEF 
      OF STAFF, G-3/5/7, OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL, U.S. ARMY

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 20, 2015

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, we cannot thank our public servants enough 
for the job that they do for this country day in and day out. The 
Federal Government simply cannot function properly without good leaders 
who are committed to the world and security of our Nation.
  BG Dennis Doyle distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious 
service and superb achievements to the Office of the Surgeon General 
and the United States Army from 1 November 2005 to 1 November 2015 
while serving in a succession of several high positions of great 
importance. His outstanding leadership, passionate pursuit of 
excellence, and tireless efforts greatly contributed to the overall 
readiness of the Army, the transformation of Army Medicine to a System 
for Health and the delivery of high quality health care to our Armed 
Forces. During his tenure as Commander of the 10th Combat Support 
Hospital (CSH) in Fort Carson, Colorado, BG Doyle was hand selected to 
also command the 43rd Area Support Group (Rear) while the 4th Infantry 
Division deployed. He superbly commanded both organizations ensuring 
the Group sustained a high level of readiness in support of Fort Carson 
tenant units. He proved a staunch supporter to the installation, 
community, and all post operations supporting deployed Fort Carson 
units in combat. While deployed with the 10th CSH, BG Doyle delivered 
world class combat health care for nearly 40,000 patients, which 
included 4,000 admissions and over 8,500 operating room procedures with 
many of these involving the most difficult combat trauma cases in the 
world. His success in this tremendously challenging mission was 
recognized as magnificent not only by his chain of command but also by 
the U.S. Ambassador, the Commander of Multinational Forces-Iraq, the 
Commander of Multinational Coalition-Iraq, the Iraqi Prime Minister, 
and many U.S. and Iraqi government officials. BG Doyle served as the 
Deputy Commander for Administration at Walter Reed Army Medical Center 
(WRAMC). During that time, Walter Reed was the largest military 
treatment facility in the Department of Defense and flagship for Army 
Medicine and Home of Warrior Care. During his tenure, BG Doyle's 
results-oriented approach ensured the command's success in every facet 
of customer service, operations, personnel readiness, and adequacy of 
human and monetary capital. He oversaw the establishment of a one stop 
welcome center to ease the logistical burden for our Warfighters and 
their Family Members. His keen administrative acumen and innovative 
problem solving were the driving force in over $24M in facility 
renovations, $4M in housekeeping service enhancements, improved 
logistics customer response times, and the establishment of a 24/7 
operations cell.
  Following Walter Reed, BG Doyle was centrally selected to command the 
30th Medical Command (MEDCOM) in Germany. Despite assuming command just 
nine days before deploying to Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, 
BG Doyle expertly led his team to quickly assume its critical role as 
the first Theater Medical Command for Afghanistan, Task Force 30th 
MEDCOM. Combat seasoned, creative, articulate, technically and 
tactically proficient, and solution oriented, BG Doyle consistently 
provided sound, balanced operational advice as the medical Task Force 
Commander and USFOR-A Surgeon. His joint service command assessed the 
USFOR-A medical infrastructure and organization and took action to 
ensure the finest care was provided for all U.S., Coalition, and Afghan 
forces by a deliberate redistribution of scarce medical resources. He 
directed a comprehensive analysis of health service support for 
Regional Command West expansion efforts resulting in the development of 
force request that met the regional commander's need. BG Doyle led a 
joint team that provided unmatched combat health service support across 
the Combined Joint Operations Area--Afghanistan and delivered the 
highest war time survival rates up to that point in the conflict. A 
strategic thinker, BG Doyle also forged solid international relations 
with ISAF medical partners and host Nation assets to ensure unity of 
effect and effort for all medical assets in the area of responsibility. 
After Europe, the Surgeon General hand selected BG Doyle to command the 
William Beaumont Medical Center (WBAMC) in Fort Bliss, Texas. During 
this period, he also served as the Deputy Commanding General (DCG)--
Readiness for Western Regional Medical Command (WRMC) and Chief of the 
Medical Service Corps. BG Doyle quickly transformed the William 
Beaumont culture to fully support the Fort Bliss transition from a 
TRADOC installation to the Army's largest and busiest FORSCOM power 
projection platform. He exploited partnering with the Veterans' Affairs 
for a mutually efficient use of limited resources resulting in the 
award of the largest Fiscal Year 12 VA/DOD Joint Incentive Fund project 
valued at over $5M. His team also opened a new WTB campus, established 
a collocated Integrated Disability Evaluation System site, and launched 
Embedded Behavioral Health, and Child and Family Assistance Centers. 
The Surgeon General recognized BG Doyle as a transformational leader 
and once again hand picked him to command the Pacific Regional Medical 
Command knowing that he possessed all the skill sets required to direct 
and influence the right Army Medicine capabilities in support of the 
Army's and DoD's rebalancing strategy. He was also designated as 
Commanding General, Tripler Army Medical Center, U.S. Army Pacific 
Surgeon, Chief, Medical Service Corps, and Manager for the Hawaii 
enhanced Multi-Service Market (eMSM). His overall performance and 
contributions were nothing short of stellar.
  Balancing five hats, he effective established connections, and 
strengthened and influenced strategic partnerships with PACOM countries 
including Korea, Japan, Philippines and Thailand. His PRMC team 
provided unmatched support to USARPAC and USPACOM interests in the 
Asia-Pacific. His strategic leadership inspired trust in the health 
system throughout the Pacific achieving consistent patient satisfaction 
rates of over 85 percent. In addition, PRMC's Integrative Pain 
Management Center ranked as the best in the Army because of the close 
clinical collaboration with multiple disciplines and an emphasis on 
weaning Soldiers off their pain medication drugs. PRMC was recognized 
as one of the most productive Regional Medical Commands exceeding 
patient safety standards and quality measures as well as leading the 
way in an external accreditation survey and Risk Management oversight 
spanning the entire PACOM area of responsibility with facilities in 
Korea, Japan, and Hawaii. The Surgeon General personally selected BG 
Doyle to serve as her Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 based on 
unequalled operational experience, strategic acumen and proven 
leadership. His transformative excellence was deemed an imperative 
during a period of significant cultural and organizational 
transformation. Upon assuming his role, BG Doyle was immediately faced 
with operationalizing The Surgeon General's transformation from a 
healthcare system to a System for Health. He infused irreversible 
momentum in promoting the Performance Triad, the primary mechanism to 
influence readiness and health by targeting Sleep, Activity and 
Nutrition behaviors for Soldiers, Family members and all 3.9 million 
beneficiaries. In the Total Army Force concept, BG Doyle has also been 
instrumental in driving toward COMPO 2 and implementation with full 
support from the Chief of the Army Reserve and Army National Guard. The 
nuances of implementation in the Reserve Components have been fully 
explored to ensure that this is executable for our Citizen Soldiers. 
Furthermore, BG Doyle's operational perspective was instrumental in 
ensuring the direct correlation of Army Medicine command structures 
with supported Army Corps and ASCC commanders. The decisions currently 
being enacted represent the largest organizational changes in the past 
few decades and will ensure that MEDCOM is a balanced, agile and 
streamlined organization postured to support Army Force 2025 and Beyond

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concepts. In parallel with the command's deliberate, strategic 
initiatives, BG Doyle served as the single mission command focal point 
synchronizing and integrating TSG/CG, MEDCOM command guidance for the 
command despite geographic dispersion across five continents and 
supporting roles to COCOMs and ASCCs. This superb operational 
coordination/synchronization was accomplished through the Army's 
largest Direct Reporting Unit, a complex, integrated Army-wide health 
service system. BG Doyle's bold, transformational leadership was the 
driving force for the brilliant translation of command intent and 
communication throughout the staff and major subordinate commands and 
was affected in an extremely dynamic environment immediately following 
OTSG/MEDCOM OneStaff reorganization. His passionate desire to lead the 
preeminent healthcare force in the world: the best led, trained and 
equipped for without peer, has raised the collective skill level and 
efforts of the entire headquarters. As a result of tireless, direct 
engagement on the part of BG Doyle, the command now functions with 
superior efficiency in establishing core or functional crisis action 
teams and integrated process action teams to respond to a wide array of 
complex problem sets. All of Army Medicine's System for Health efforts 
are grounded in the imperative to optimize performance. Every provider 
to patient interaction will be viewed through the lens of improving the 
development, performance, resilience and accelerated rehabilitation of 
the Professional Soldier Athlete. Through his efforts BG Doyle has 
established the MEDCOM G-3/5/7 function as the preeminent staff element 
of its kind in support of the Army's largest direct reporting unit. He 
has ensured the success of the MEDCOM through the essential task of 
synchronizing the efforts of the command and communicating the mission, 
vision and intent of the commander. His impact on this command and the 
Army is immeasurable. BG Doyle represents the very best of Army and 
Nation.
  Brigadier General Doyle's distinctive accomplishments reflect the 
highest credit upon himself and the Department of Defense.''

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