[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE OF DAVID ``DAVE'' O. MILLER

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 26, 2010

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, it is with great honor that I 
rise today in recognition of the service of David O. Miller from the 
Protocol Office of the Air Armament Center, Eglin Air Force Base, 
Florida. Mr. Miller retires today after 49 years total federal service, 
28 years in the United States Air Force and 21 years of Civilian 
Service. I am proud to recognize his vast contributions to national 
security through his humble service to this great Nation in the United 
States Air Force, both as a member of active duty as well as a civil 
servant.
  Mr. Miller is a native of Loris, South Carolina. He graduated from 
Loris High School in June 1962, and began his military career with the 
United States Air Force in September, 1962. He later attended the 
University of Tampa and the El Paso and Pike's Peak community colleges. 
In his military career, he first served as an Administrative Apprentice 
and retired as a Senior Master Sergeant in February 1991.
  The United States Air Force has been in existence more than six 
decades and Mr. Miller has been serving her for almost five decades 
beginning in 1962. He began his protocol career in 1976 when General 
Chappie James directed the establishment of the first protocol office 
at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Mr. Miller was one of three 
people chosen to establish the organization. His outstanding 
performance in the protocol field eventually led to General Gregory 
Martin, Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, honoring him for 
superior performance in his duties by awarding him the Commander's 
Recognition Award in 2004. Mr. Miller was the second person to receive 
this award.
  After retiring as a Senior Master Sergeant following 28 years of 
active duty service in the United States Air Force, Mr. Miller began 
his civilian federal service career in 1991 as a protocol assistant 
with the Protocol Office of the Air Armament Center at Eglin Air Force 
Base. Throughout his career, Mr. Miller demonstrated superior 
performance as a compassionate leader driven by a tremendous sense of 
purpose. He pursued excellence each day at the Air Armament Center, 
contributing immensely to its mission success. He consulted on protocol 
matters to ten Eglin center commanders, all of whom were charged with 
leading the world's largest Air Force Base. With Eglin being one of the 
most visited military facilities in the Department of Defense, Mr. 
Miller tirelessly contributed to a team of round- the-clock-protocol 
support, decade after decade. From meeting aircraft with dignitaries on 
the flight line in the early hours to planning and directing social 
functions at the general's residence into the late evening, Mr. Miller 
upheld the rules of decorum for tasks small and large with 
professionalism and enthusiasm.
  The most notable example of Mr. Miller's exceptional commitment to 
seeing to the needs of Eglin airmen, civilians and family members at 
large was during a memorial service attended by more than five thousand 
people. This was held on base to reflect upon the twelve fallen Airmen 
from the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base who were killed in 
the Dhahran Air Base bombing of the Kohbar Towers in Saudi Arabia in 
June, 1996. The memorial, organized by Mr. Miller and held a few days 
after the bombing, was recognized as ``an absolutely flawless ceremony 
and an outstanding tribute to our fallen warriors,'' by the Air Force 
Development Test Center Commander. Mr. Miller was awarded the Exemplary 
Civilian Service Award for his work.
  He is married to the former Carmen Sue Brown of Dublin, Georgia, and 
they have one son, Michael, who resides in Denver, Colorado.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress, I am proud to 
recognize Mr. David O. Miller for his excellent leadership and service 
to the United States Air Force both as a military member and civil 
servant. His dedication to our Nation is most deserving of this 
recognition. From all the constituents of Florida's First Congressional 
District, I would like to congratulate him on his retirement and wish 
him well in his future endeavors.

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