[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12828]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID WISECARVER

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 27, 2006

  Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause to recognize Lieutenant 
Colonel David Wisecarver, a native of Kansas City, Missouri. On June 
24th, 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Wisecarver will receive a promotion to 
the rank of Colonel in the United States Army.
  Lieutenant Colonel Wisecarver enlisted in the Army Reserve in 1981 
and completed Basic Training, Advanced Individual Training, and served 
in the 190th Transportation Company as a CH-47 mechanic and crew chief 
before entering the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He was then 
commissioned as an Infantry officer from Northwest Missouri State 
University in 1985. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial 
Technology and a Master of Arts Degree in Business Management from 
Touro University.
  After posts in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Schofield Barracks in Hawaii, 
and finally in Savannah, Georgia, Lieutenant Colonel Wisecarver 
participated in Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti in 1994. He 
completed Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, 
Kansas, and was assigned as the Executive Officer to the Director of 
Officer Personnel Management System, Task Force XXI in Washington, DC. 
His next assignment was back to the 101st Airborne Division, where he 
served in Operation Desert Focus, in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in 1999. 
The Lieutenant Colonel's last assignment was Task Force 2, Senior 
Observer/Controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, 
Louisiana, where he trained twenty-one Battalion Combat Teams deployed 
to Iraq and Afghanistan. His upcoming assignment will be to Rawalpindi, 
Pakistan, to attend the National Defense College for a year.
  He is highly decorated and has been awarded the Defense Meritorious 
Service Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, The National Defense Service 
Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the 
Expert Infantryman's Badge, the Aircrewman's Badge, the U.S. Army 
Ranger Tab, the Senior Parachutist Badge, the Pathfinder Badge, and the 
Air Assault Badge, among others.
  Lieutenant Colonel Wisecarver has been married for eighteen years to 
the former Dianna K. Huntley of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They have two 
young children, Samantha and Matthew.
  Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in recognizing Lieutenant 
Colonel David Wisecarver as he assumes the new responsibilities of the 
rank of Colonel. Over the years, he has served the United States with 
dignity and courage and I am proud to be able to represent him in the 
United States Congress.

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