[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO REAR ADMIRAL KATHLEEN MARTIN

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                          HON. JOHN P. MURTHA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 7, 2004

  Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a great 
American, patriot, Naval Officer, and fellow Pennsylvanian, Rear 
Admiral Kathleen Martin. This spring, Admiral Martin will retire from 
the United States Navy after thirty-one years of distinguished 
leadership, selfless service, and tireless commitment to our Navy and 
nation.
  Admiral Martin became the Deputy Surgeon General of the Navy and Vice 
Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery on October 3, 2002. A native of 
Arnold, Pennsylvania, she is a graduate of Boston University School of 
Nursing and received her Master of Science degree in both Nursing 
Administration and Family Health Nursing from the University of San 
Diego. She is a member of the American College of Healthcare 
Executives, the American Society for Public Administration, the 
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States and Sigma Theta 
Tau.
  Admiral Martin was commissioned an Ensign in the Navy Nurse Corps in 
May 1973, and was promoted to flag rank while serving as the Medical 
Inspector General in 1998. She has held a wide variety of clinical, 
staff and leadership positions, including Commanding Officer of Naval 
Medical Clinic, Port Hueneme, California; Commanding Officer, Naval 
Hospital Charleston, South Carolina; and Commander, National Naval 
Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
  A visionary naval officer and a decisive and inspirational leader 
throughout her career, Admiral Martin possesses an infectious 
enthusiasm to ensure that world-class health care is delivered 
throughout the military health care system. Her oversight of diverse 
areas of responsibility affecting the Medical Department and the Navy 
has resulted in bold initiatives and innovative programs that will 
support our sailors, Marines, and military beneficiaries well into the 
twenty-first century. Illustrative of her dynamic and visionary 
leadership is ``Family Centered Care.'' Her breakthrough approach, 
shifting the fundamental approach of patient care from a traditional 
inpatient model based on disease-state and specialty services, to a 
patient-centered model that integrates related customer services around 
patients has become the standard of care throughout military medicine. 
Navy Medicine is applying these Family Centered Care principles to its 
unique capability to influence healthy habits and lifestyles during the 
building of a Navy family.
  Her unquestionable integrity, passionate commitment in service to 
others and strong relationship-building skills mark her every 
contribution to the Navy and the nation. Admiral Martin leaves a legacy 
of distinction and accomplishments in which she should take great pride 
and satisfaction. During her tenure as the Deputy Navy Surgeon General, 
she has met every challenge posed including those of Operation Enduring 
Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the Global War on Terror.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask to extend best wishes on behalf of the Congress of 
the United States for continued happiness and success to Admiral Martin 
and her family as they begin the next chapter of their lives, with the 
thanks and gratitude of a grateful nation for Admiral Martin's loyal 
and dedicated service.

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