[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 6262-6263]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              PAYING TRIBUTE TO SERGEANT MARK A. PLEASANTS

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 26, 2006

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Sergeant Mark A. 
Pleasants, currently the Non-Commissioned Officer of Broadcast 
Production, assigned to the 99th Communications Squadron at Nellis Air 
Force Base, Nevada.
  Since joining the United States Air Force in 1990, Sergeant Pleasants 
has reached impressive degrees of achievement and has a distinguished 
record of service. Having served in such foreign locales as Portugal, 
Germany and San Vito, Sergeant Pleasants has earned a number of 
accolades. In 1994 and 1995, while serving at Kaiserlautern in Germany, 
Sergeant Pleasants earned two Air Force level awards for his reporting 
and won the regional and worldwide Air Force talent competitions as a 
singer and announcer. In 1996, while assigned to the Air Force News 
Agency's Regional News Center at Ramstein Air Base, he was a key member 
pioneering the two most award winning shows in Air Force history; Air 
Force Prime Time and AFNEWS: On Assignment. Sergeant Pleasants was 
reassigned to the 99th Communications Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base 
in Nevada in 2003 where he immediately applied his expertise in 
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and Production to revamp an inactive television program called Eye on 
Nellis. Through his efforts, the program developed into a monthly 30-
minute news show reaching 14 million homes around the world and has won 
recognition as Best Commander's Access Channel in the Air Force.
  Sergeant Pleasants' career is celebrated by a number of awards and 
commendations, having won the Air Force Commendation Medal three times, 
the Air Force Achievement Medal four times, Air Force Level Recognition 
thirteen times, and the National Defense Medal twice.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Sergeant Mark A. Pleasants for his 
distinguished record of service and his commitment to providing quality 
news service to the Air Force community. I wish him the best in his 
future endeavors.

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