[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18038]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING CAPTAIN DON ORNDOFF, CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS, UNITED STATES NAVY

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 28, 2007

  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, it is an honor to recognize Captain Don 
Orndoff, a native of Winchester, in the 10th Congressional District of 
Virginia, for his distinguished career as he retires from the United 
States Navy.
  Captain Orndoff served our country not only as a Navy Civil Engineer 
Corps Officer for 29 years, but also as Naval Facilities Engineering 
Command Assistant Commander for Navy Public Works and Navy Public Works 
Business Line Leader. Captain Orndoff graduated from Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute and State University and has done tours in such 
places as Pearl Harbor, San Francisco and Yokosuka, Japan.
  After being chosen to lead a Navy Installation Command and Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command transformation Captain Orndoff 
implemented a dramatic restructuring and transformation of all NAVFAC 
components. He reduced their required workforce by 1,100 civilian 
positions and increased productivity 13 percent, directly resulting in 
over $600 million in savings and creating the most comprehensive and 
fundamental reorganization of the command in more than three decades.
  As the Navy Public Works Business Line Leader, Captain Orndoff 
successfully led over 9,000 civilian and military employees and 
contractors, executing an annual workload of $3.6 billion for the 
Navy's global shore installation system.
  I am proud to call attention to Captain Orndoff's service to our 
country through a career marked by inspirational moral courage, 
exceptional vision and relentless leadership. I also commend him and 
his family for their dedication to patriotism and their contributions 
to the United States Navy, and wish them well in the future.

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