[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23983-23984]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNITION OF ADMIRAL TIMOTHY J. KEATING

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                           HON. DOUG LAMBORN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 7, 2007

  Mr. LAMBORN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of ADM 
Timothy J. Keating. I would like to thank ADM Keating for his recent 
service as Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and 
United States Northern Command, from November 5, 2004 until March 19, 
2007, and congratulate him on becoming the Commander of the U.S. 
Pacific Command, at Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii.
  ADM Keating, who graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 
1971, completed his flight training in 1973 and has gone on to amass 
over 5,000 flight hours. From 1982 to 1984 he was the Administrative 
Officer, Operations Officer and Maintenance Officer with the VA-94, 
during which time he deployed twice to the western Pacific. In 1987

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ADM Keating commanded VFA-87 and deployed to the North Atlantic and the 
Mediterranean aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt. Following this assignment, 
ADM Keating served at the Naval Military Personnel Command in 
Washington, DC as Head of the Aviation Junior Officer Assignments 
Branch. In 1991 he became Deputy Commander, Carrier Air Wing Seventeen 
where he participated in combat operations supporting Operation Desert 
Storm.
  In addition to serving as Chief of Naval Operations Fellow with the 
Strategic Studies Group, and at the Joint Task Force Southwest Asia in 
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ADM Keating has also been Deputy Commander and 
Commander of Carrier Air Wing Nine aboard USS Nimitz in the Arabian 
Gulf, Commander of the Naval Strike Warfare Center in Fallon, Nevada, 
and Director of the Aviation Officer Distribution Division in the Naval 
Military Personnel Command. In 1998 he became Commander of Carrier 
Group Five in Yokosuka, Japan and, in 2000, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations at OPNAV. Prior to 
Commanding NORAD and USNORTHCOM, ADM Keating was the Commander of U.S. 
Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. Fifth Fleet, as well as Director 
of the Joint Staff.
  A highly decorated and distinguished leader, ADM Keating has served 
our country honorably for over three decades. I commend him for his 
invaluable contributions to our Nation's defense and know that U.S. 
Pacific Command will benefit from his extensive experience.

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