[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 37 (Thursday, February 28, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E230-E231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING LIEUTENANT ERIC JIMENEZ, U.S. NAVY, ON EIGHT YEARS OF ACTIVE 
              DUTY SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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                            HON. KEVIN HERN

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 28, 2019

  Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma. Madam Speaker, today I offer my heartfelt 
congratulations to Lieutenant Eric Jimenez, a resident of Tulsa, 
Oklahoma, on eight years of dedicated active duty service to our 
Country in the United States Navy.
  Lt. Jimenez currently serves as an Operations Research Analyst in the 
Naval Service Warfare Center in Bethesda, Maryland. He entered the USN 
in 2011, and served in numerous assignments and deployments throughout 
his distinguished career.
  Lt. Jimenez has shown not only outstanding leadership, but uncommon 
technical skill. As a Reactor Control Officer on the USS Santa Fe, he 
managed a team of nine nuclear trained electronics technicians charged 
with maintaining nuclear reactor protection systems. He further trained 
an underperforming division by implementing a rigorous training and 
monitoring program resulting in a two-letter grade improvement in all 
categories of the Operational Reactor Safeguards Examination (ORSE). As 
an Electrical Division Officer, Lt. Jimenez maintained a 100 percent 
electrical safety training performance and executed the ship's 
electrical safety program using the most up-to-date instructions and 
notices. As Assistant Weapons Officer, Lt. Jimenez led his team through 
several weapons exercises, earning the 2015 Commanders Submarines 
Squadron SEVEN Battle Efficiency and the Submarine Squadron Seven 
Weapons Excellence White ``W'' award.
  Since November of 2016, Lt. Jimenez has led four studies, valued at 
$3 million dollars, in the development, analysis, and interpretation of 
results of Defense Planning Scenarios designed to inform and influence 
Navy senior executive leadership. He further served as a co-chair on 
Technical Evaluation Boards, overviewing contract proposals worth an 
estimated $1.5 million.
  On behalf of Oklahoma's First Congressional District, I commend and 
congratulate my constituent, Lieutenant Eric Jimenez, on his devoted 
service to the United States of

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America. May we learn from this young man the virtues of self-sacrifice 
and fidelity to our beloved Nation.

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