[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22513]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NAS ATLANTA

  (Mr. GINGREY of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Naval Air 
Station Atlanta. Since April of 1959, NAS Atlanta, located close to my 
home in Marietta, Georgia, has played a critical role in providing for 
our Nation's defense.
  Over the past 50 years, NAS Atlanta has seen its mission change from 
training, to fleet logistics, to housing Navy Attack Squadrons and 
Carrier Early Airborne Warning Squadrons. In the 1990s, the Marines 
joined NAS Atlanta with MAG-42 and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 142.
  Units from NAS Atlanta have been instrumental to our causes in the 
war on drugs and global war on terror, as well as to the relief efforts 
following Hurricane Katrina. NAS Atlanta and those who have served 
there have proven an invaluable asset to the United States.
  This Saturday, NAS Atlanta's distinguished history will come to a 
close as the base will officially become the home of the Georgia 
National Guard, as mandated by the BRAC round.
  To all the personnel who are and have been stationed at NAS Atlanta: 
thank you for a job well done and for your service to our community. 
You will be missed.

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