[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID E.A. JOHNSON

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 12, 2006

  Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and thank 
Lieutenant Colonel David E.A. Johnson for his 22 years of service to 
the United States, and to commend him on an exemplary career with the 
United States Army.
  LTC Johnson entered the United States Military Academy at West Point 
in 1980 where he graduated in 1984 in the top 15 percent of his class. 
He later became one of 23 out of 124 qualified officer candidates to 
graduate from the Special Forces Detachment Officers Qualification 
Course. He was immediately assigned to command a Special Forces ``A-
Team'' in the 5th Special Forces Group in Operations Desert Shield and 
Desert Storm. In 2000, he served as an Army legislative liaison in the 
House Liaison Division where he planned, coordinated and escorted 
Congressional Delegations on fact-finding missions to over 28 countries 
and seven States. In 2002, LTC Johnson was selected as an Army 
Strategist to augment Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force--
North in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as Chief of Plans and 
Current Plans. In Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, he has 
transformed Special Operations Theater Support Element procedures, 
integrating General Purpose and Special Operations Forces and has been 
a key leader of logistics transformation.
  Overall, LTC Johnson has earned over 36 separate combat and peacetime 
awards as well as nearly every special skill badge authorized. He has 
shown consistent excellence in leadership, planning, and innovation, 
while making a permanent impact on Special Operations.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join with me in honoring 
Lieutenant Colonel David E.A. Johnson and thanking him for the 
countless sacrifices he has made for this Nation, and the 22 years of 
remarkable service in the United States Army. May he know that this 
body and his Nation are proud of him.

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