[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15418]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    PROMOTION OF GENERAL DENNIS VIA

  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, on behalf of the Maryland Congressional 
delegation, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate GEN 
Dennis Via on his promotion to four-star general officer and his 
assignment as the commanding general, U.S. Army Materiel Command. We 
note with pride that he is the first Army Signal Corps officer in 
history to achieve the U.S. Army's highest rank. We in Maryland remain 
indebted to General Via for his innovative and flawless leadership 
during the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command's move to 
Maryland's Aberdeen Proving Ground as part of the BRAC 2005 process. 
The Army and Nation are blessed by his extraordinary service in 
uniform.

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