[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 115 (Friday, July 15, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING CAPTAIN WESLEY R. McCALL, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NAVAL 
                            STATION MAYPORT

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                          HON. ANDER CRENSHAW

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 14, 2016

  Mr. CRENSHAW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Captain 
Wesley R. McCall, the Commanding Officer of Naval Station Mayport in 
Jacksonville, Florida, on a job well done. Captain McCall has served 
the Navy and our Jacksonville community with dedication and distinction 
for the last three years and will continue his military service in 
Washington with the Naval Installations Command.
   Capt. McCall served at NS Mayport during a time of numerous 
construction projects and increases in the number of ships and sailors 
at the station, all of which added to the challenges of providing 
superb quality support to the Fleet, families and warfighters. In order 
to accomplish these tasks, he managed the Naval Station Mayport Shore 
Installation Planning Board that solicited tenant command inputs in a 
comprehensive review of facilities requirements for planning and 
prioritization of MILCON and Special Project Program successes.
   A few of the events and projects that were authorized by Congress 
and completed during Captain McCall's tenure include the opening of the 
$26.5 million Fitness Center project in October 2013, and the 
completion of the Littoral Support Facility, which is the first of 
several facilities constructed in support of the new Littoral Combat 
Ship Program, which is headquartered on the East Coast at Mayport. 
Additionally, $26.5 million in repairs and upgrades to Charlie Wharf 
has resulted in the station's first double-decker wharf.
   Capt. McCall and his staff welcomed 2000 sailors and their families 
as the Amphibious Readiness Group, that includes the USS Iwo Jima, USS 
Fort McHenry, and USS New York, was homeported in Mayport in August 
2014. He also successfully hosted the highly visible first East Coast 
visit of the People's Liberation Army Navy's visit to NS Mayport from 
China.
   Within the community, Capt. McCall was a champion for the Navy and 
of the Beaches area. He was the lead representative from five military 
services and 15 municipalities in the 2015 Jacksonville Sea and Sky 
Spectacular Air Show. The event, highlighting 26 aircraft, afforded 
more than half a million local residents of the Navy's third largest 
fleet concentration area a unique view of naval aviation highlighted by 
the Blue Angels. His unwavering support of three Porsche Amelia Island 
Concours d'Elegance events generated for the first time more than 
$100,000 in donations to the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society.
   Wes also served on the Beaches Chamber of Commerce Board of 
Directors, and he and his wife Reyna were very active with the USO. 
They both attended every No Dough Dinner in order to help serve meals 
to sailors and their families.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask you and Members of the House to join me in 
thanking Captain McCall for his leadership and his service at Naval 
Station Mayport and wish him and his wife fair winds and following seas 
as they transition to Washington, DC.

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