[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 207 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN RECOGNITION OF WILLIAM ERIC HERR, COLONEL, USAF (RETIRED)

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                         HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 19, 2017

  Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to use this time to recognize 
my constituent and friend, Mr. William Eric Herr for over 40 years of 
federal service beginning as a Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet in 
1977 and culminating on January 14, 2018 with his retirement from 
federal civil service.
  Mr. Herr received his engineering degree from the University of 
Colorado and was commissioned in 1981. He excelled as an Air Force 
pilot with most of his flight time in the F-15 Eagle, single-seat, air 
superiority fighter. Mr. Herr reached the pinnacle of his tactical 
training by graduating from the United States Air Force Fighter Weapons 
Instructor Course; as in his other flying training courses, he received 
top academic honors and was recognized as a Distinguished Graduate. He 
served 26 years in the Air Force including command, combat time over 
Iraq, duty on The Joint Staff, and senior positions on The Air Staff 
and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Staff.
  Today, Mr. Herr serves as the Low Observable/Counter Low Observable 
(LO/CLO) Systems Program Director in the Office of the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. He is 
responsible for managing the Department of Defense process for focusing 
LO/CLO technology development and reviewing requests for the release of 
LO/CLO technologies to U.S. allies and foreign partners.
  Mr. Herr has been an active and involved citizen of Stafford County, 
Virginia. He served five years on the county's Parks and Recreation 
Advisory Commission including multiple terms as chairman and vice-
chairman. An active member of the Stafford County Branch, National 
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Mr. Herr currently 
serves on their executive board and as their political outreach chair. 
He has been a frequent speaker at meetings of the Stafford County Board 
of Supervisors and has been engaged at all levels of his local 
government and across the First Congressional District.
  Mr. Herr and his wife Lisa will be moving to Texas after his 
retirement where he will continue to support our Nation's defense in a 
leadership role in the private sector. Both he and Lisa will enjoy 
being closer to family but will never give up their ties to the Old 
Dominion.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in applauding Mr. Herr's 
service to Stafford County, to the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to the 
United States of America, and wish him and his wife the best in their 
future endeavors.

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