[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14156]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING COMMANDER ROBERT H. PACKARD

 Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I am pleased today to recognize 
Commander Robert H. Packard, of Charlottesville, VA, who has served 
honorably in the U.S. Navy for 40 years.
  Robert Packard followed his father's footsteps in joining the proud 
tradition that is the U.S. Navy when he was sworn in by his father in 
1966. In 1974, Packard graduated with a bachelors of science degree 
from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia 
while serving in the Naval Reserve. After serving various tours, 
Packard became commanding officer of the Mobile Mine Assembly Group 
from 1988 to 1992 in Yorktown, VA, where his unit received the REDCOM 
SIX award for the Best Small Unit, the Most Improved Unit and the Best 
Small Unit with over 50 percent enlisted. He served in Desert Storm 
from 1992 to 1994 and then from 1994 to 1997 Packard served as 
commanding officer of a medical logistics unit in Newport News, VA. 
Packard concluded his service with the Navy at the Pentagon as a 
commander assigned to the OPNAV N86 staff.
  Commander Packard's leadership and dedication to preserving the 
freedoms and liberties that make this country so great is truly 
admirable. I am grateful for Commander Packard's service and 
contributions to the United States and to the Commonwealth of 
Virginia.

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