[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E793-E794]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING COLONEL PHILLIP J. DEPPERT

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                           HON. JIMMY PANETTA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 7, 2018

  Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Colonel Phillip 
J. Deppert for his 28 years of military service and congratulate him on 
his retirement. COL Deppert assumed command of the Defense Language 
Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) in Monterey, California in 
2015 and has served this post and our community with distinction. COL 
Deppert's accomplished career is an inspiration, and I am honored to 
recognize his service to our country and our community on the central 
coast of California.
   COL Deppert entered active duty in 1990 with the 82d Airborne 
Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In 1994, he transferred to the 
Military Intelligence Corps and served in the Republic of Korea as a 
Battalion Intelligence Officer and in the United States (1995-1998) as 
the Group Military Intelligence Detachment Commander and Group Senior 
Intelligence Officer. During this time, COL Deppert took part in 
numerous Special Operations assignments where he supported the 
Geographic Combatant Commanders' worldwide contingency planning tasks.
   COL Deppert then completed Command and General Staff College and 
served as the chief, Division Analysis and Control Element, and 
Military Intelligence Battalion Operations Officer for the U.S. Army's 
25th Infantry Division (2003-2005). During this time, COL Deppert 
served in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. He was then 
transferred to U.S. Special Operations Command Headquarters where he 
served as the Special Operations Branch Chief and as the first Director 
of Intelligence for the U.S. Special Operations Command Interagency 
Task Force. COL Deppert then became the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry 
Division Senior Intelligence Officer when he served in Iraq during 
Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn.
   After an assignment as the Deputy Mission manager in Mexico, COL 
Deppert earned a Master of Arts Degree in National Security and 
Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. COL Deppert then 
served as the

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Chief of Staff and the Deputy Commander of Joint Task Force North 
before coming to the Monterey Bay and assuming command of DLIFLC. 
During his tenure at DLIFLC, COL Deppert was diligent in strengthening 
relationships between the Army and the community stakeholders that 
surround DLIFLC. COL Deppert has inspired those around him, including 
his wife and family, who have steadfastly supported his service in our 
nation's armed forces. COL Deppert and his family embody the principle 
of selfless service to a higher calling, and set an example for us all.
   Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating COL Deppert on his 
well-earned retirement and thanking him for his many years of dedicated 
service to our country. My district is fortunate to have had the 
Deppert family working and residing in the Monterey Bay area, and I am 
delighted that they will remain on the Central Coast after COL 
Deppert's retirement.

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