[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING MR. STEVEN CADE

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                        HON. JENNIFER A. KIGGANS

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 12, 2025

  Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and 
congratulate one of my constituents, Mr. Steven Cade, as he retires 
from federal service, marking the culmination of a military and 
civilian career that spans over 44 years of faithful service to the 
defense of our great Nation.
  A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Mr. Cade served as a 
Navy Surface Warfare Officer from 1985 to 2005. While on active duty, 
he completed sea-duty assignments in the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets 
and deployments supporting operations in the European, Indo-Pacific, 
Central, and Southern Commands. His major staff assignments included 
duty in Operations and Plans on the staff of Commander, U.S. Seventh 
Fleet; Special Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic 
Fleet; and as a program manager for U.S. Fleet Forces Command in 
Capabilities and Resource Integration (N8) and Readiness and Training 
(N4/7). He was also designated a Navy Foreign Area Officer for East 
Asia/Pacific while on active duty.
  Mr. Cade began his civil service career in 2005, serving as Director 
for Fleet Capabilities and Force Development (N8/N9) at U.S. Fleet 
Forces Command (USFF) in Norfolk, Virginia, the Navy's headquarters for 
global force management and the Naval Component Commander to U.S. 
Northern Command. There, he was responsible for integrated Fleet 
capability and readiness assessments to support Navy programming and 
acquisition planning, transition of new capabi]ities into the Fleet, 
and development of warfighting concepts of operations and 
experimentation programs. During his time at USFF, he also served as 
Deputy Director, Fleet Warfare Programs (N8B), leading warfighting 
capability analyses, and as Deputy Executive Director, responsible for 
Fleet readiness assessments, strategic planning, and headquarters 
administration. He was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in 
2010.
  On February 28th, Mr. Cade retires from Military Sealift Command 
(MSC), where he has served as the command's Executive Director for over 
seven years. At MSC, Mr. Cade provided inspired leadership and 
strategic vision in service to nearly 10,000 personnel assigned to 23 
locations and aboard 140 ships, employing the Nation's largest 
contingent of merchant mariners, the 5,800-strong Civil Service Mariner 
workforce.
  I want to especially recognize Mr. Cade's family for their endless 
support over these years. As he enters this new chapter, I join his 
friends and colleagues in wishing him fair winds, following seas, and 
well-deserved rest, relaxation, and quality time with his family, 
especially his wife Leigh-Anne.
  I thank him for his service.

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