[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT MICHAEL L. LEMKE

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I would like to recognize airman SMSgt 
Michael L. Lemke, stationed at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in 
Cheyenne, WY. Senior Master Sergeant Lemke was selected as one of the 
Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen for 2006. The award is based on his 
superior leadership, job performance, and personal achievements.
  The Air Force honors the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year at the 
annual Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology 
Exposition in September. Over 352,000 Active-Duty airmen were 
considered for this award. I am pleased they recognized Senior Master 
Sergeant Lemke with this well deserved honor. I had the pleasure of 
meeting with Senior Master Sergeant Lemke while he was in Washington to 
receive his award.
  Senior Master Sergeant Lemke has been in the Air Force for 19 years 
and is the superintendent of the 90th Contracting Squadron at F.E. 
Warren AFB. He was also selected as the top graduate at the Senior Non-
Commissioned Officer Academy out of 2,515 Senior NCOs who graduated in 
2005. He recently returned from deployment in Iraq and I thank him for 
his sacrifice and service. Senior Master Sergeant Lemke is preparing to 
retire from the Air Force.
  I have always said that anyone wanting to live in Wyoming will do so 
if they can create a job. As chairman of the Senate Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and also a member of the Small 
Business Committee, I am pleased that Senior Master Sergeant Lemke will 
be entering the private sector as a small business owner in Cheyenne. 
He and his wife Maria, who is an accountant, will be partners in Front 
Range Nuclear Medicine. One of the biggest problems in rural America is 
access to health care facilities. Front Range Nuclear Medicine helps 
improve access to health care for people in Wyoming by transporting 
medical scanning technology to the hospitals. Before I came to the 
Senate in 1997, I operated a small business with my wife, and I wish 
the Lemkes the best of luck in this new endeavor.
  Again, I congratulate SMSgt. Lemke for his selection as one of the 
Air Forces' 12 Outstanding Airmen for 2006.

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