[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 131 (Friday, August 3, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         MITCHELL RECOGNIZES LIEUTENANT COLONEL DENNIS SURGRUE

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                           HON. PAUL MITCHELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 3, 2018

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize and congratulate 
Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Sugrue of the United States Army Corps of 
Engineers for completing his tour of duty as the Commanding Officer for 
the Detroit District. Lieutenant Colonel Sugrue received his commission 
from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1999, and 
during his career he completed two deployments in Afghanistan and one 
in Kosovo. He served as the Brigade Engineer and Executive Officer for 
the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain 
Division before becoming the Deputy District Commander of the Los 
Angeles District for the Army Corps of Engineers. After successfully 
serving and leading in these positions, Sugrue assumed command of the 
Detroit District for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, responsible for 
4,000 miles of coast line along four of the Great Lakes and processing 
nearly 2,000 regulatory permits a year. I have had the pleasure of 
working with Lieutenant Colonel Sugrue on several projects, most 
notably on upgrading the Soo Locks; critical infrastructure essential 
to our nation's defense and economy. He is an articulate, consummate 
professional; always receptive to concerns and understanding of the 
complexities of the issues at hand. I am thankful to have worked with 
Lieutenant Colonel Sugrue in his current posting and I wish him the 
best of luck in his future endeavors.

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