[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2546-S2547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO REAR ADMIRAL LEONARD C. DOLLAGA

  Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the service and 
achievements of an esteemed and valued member of our Armed Forces, RDML 
Leonard C. Dollaga, U.S. Navy, on the unanimous confirmation of his 
promotion on Thursday, April 26, 2018.
  Over the past 2 years, I have had the pleasure of working with 
Admiral Dollaga in his capacity as Director of the Navy's 
Appropriations Matters Office. As the principal representative of the 
Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations to the Senate 
and House Appropriations Committees, he has provided invaluable support 
to Members and committee staff in presenting the budgetary needs of the 
Department of the Navy for our consideration and ensured timely and 
transparent communication flow to support Congress's enactment of 
appropriations for fiscal years 2017 and 2018. Throughout that time, 
Admiral Dollaga has provided superior support to me during a number of 
engagements with political and military leaders across the Asia-Pacific 
region. I would like to share with you some highlights of his fine 
career.
  For the past 28 years, Admiral Dollaga excelled in leading our Navy's 
sailors aboard fast-attack and fleet ballistic missile submarines. He 
served sea tours on the USS Los Angeles, SSN 688; USS Rhode Island, 
SSBN 740 (Blue); and USS Cheyenne, SSN 773. He commanded USS Charlotte, 
SSN 766, followed by a command tour as commodore of Submarine 
Development Squadron Twelve, where he was in charge of nine fast-attack 
submarines and led the tactical development of the U.S. Submarine 
Force.
  Ashore, his assignments enabled him to positively impact the 
submarine

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force and Navy. He served as an admissions officer at the U.S. Naval 
Academy; the technical assistant to the director of Naval Nuclear 
Propulsion; the nuclear officer program manager and submarine officer 
community manager on the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, 
Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education; the prospective 
commanding officer instructor for the Pacific submarine force; and the 
chief of the program and budget branch on the Joint Staff, Program and 
Budget Analysis Division. His current assignment as director of the 
Navy's Appropriations Matters Office, FMBE, exposed him to the widest 
possible view of the Department of the Navy's budgetary requirements 
within the broader context of the national defense arena, preparing him 
well for future leadership at the highest levels of our Navy.
  As Admiral Dollaga departs the Pentagon for his next assignment, I 
want to take this opportunity to urge my colleagues to join me in 
extending our congratulations to him on his promotion; to thank him, 
his wife, Lani, and his family for their years of service; and to wish 
him ``fair winds and following seas'' as he continues to lead our Navy 
in the years ahead.
  Thank you.

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