[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 97 (Friday, June 4, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E602-E603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       IN RECOGNITION OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL DENNIS K. WILLIAMS II

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                            HON. JOHN JOYCE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 4, 2021

  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I rise today to thank 
Lieutenant Colonel Dennis K. Williams II for this extraordinary command 
of the Letterkenny Munitions Center at Letterkenny Army Depot from June 
6, 2019 to June 10, 2021.
  LTC Dennis K. Williams II is a native of Grants Pass, Oregon. He 
enlisted in the Army in 1991, and received his commission as a Second 
Lieutenant in 2001. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a 
Bachelor of Arts in history and earned a graduate degree in management. 
Prior to serving as commander of Letterkenny Munitions Center, LTC 
Dennis K. Williams II was the Director of the Virtual Experimentation 
Team in the U.S. Army Futures Command Sustainment Battle Lab in Fort 
Lee Virginia.
  His previous assignments includes serving as the Brigade Combat Team 
S4 Trainer, Brigade Support Battalion Executive Officer and later 
Support Operations Officer Trainer at the National Training Center, 
Fort Irwin, California; Battalion Executive Officer, 10th Sustainment 
Brigade, Fort Drum, New York; Deputy Division 04, 10th Mountain 
Division, Fort Drum, New York; Deputy CJ-4, CJTF-10, Bagram, 
Afghanistan; Division Maintenance Officer, 2nd Infantry Division, 
Korea; Brigade S3, 171st Infantry Brigade, Fort Jackson, South 
Carolina; Battalion Executive Officer, 187th Ordnance Battalion, Fort 
Jackson, South Carolina; Company Commander, B. Co, 187th Ordnance 
Battalion, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Bomb Disposal Advisor Military 
Transition Team, 2nd Iraqi Army, Mosul, Iraq; Depot and Ammunition 
Supply Point Officer-in-Charge, 83rd Ordnance Battalion, Okinawa, 
Japan. He was deployed to Somalia and Haiti in 1994. In 2008, LTC 
Dennis K. Williams II was deployed to Mosul, Iraq; and to Bagram, 
Afghanistan, in 2014.
  LTC Dennis K. Williams II received a Bronze Star (1 Oak Leaf 
Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (4 Oak Leaf Clusters) Army 
Commendation Medal (Valor Device), Army Commendation Medal (4 Oak Leaf 
Clusters), National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan

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Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism 
Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army 
Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Medal, and Combat Action Badge.
  I am grateful for LTC Dennis K. Williams Il's service to protect our 
Nation and defend democracy. On behalf of Pennsylvania 13th 
Congressional District, I thank LTC Williams for his leadership at 
Letterkenny Munitions Center and I wish him every continued success in 
the chapters to come.

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