[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15617-15618]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING COLONEL ANDREW J. FRANK

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                    HON. F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR.

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 12, 2014

  Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Colonel Andrew J. Frank who retired after 36 years of faithful service 
in the United States Army on September 30, 2014. As a fitting finale to 
his long and distinguished career, on July 28, 2014, Colonel Frank was 
awarded the National Intelligence Medal for Valor in recognition of his 
extraordinary heroism while serving in Afghanistan in support of 
Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. As the Intelligence Community's second 
highest award, the National Intelligence Medal for Valor recognizes 
only the most exceptional acts of courage in the pursuit of 
intelligence community and national security objectives.
  On the occasion of Colonel Frank's retirement to my home-state of 
Wisconsin, I would like to take a moment to underscore his heroic 
actions to the House.
  On March 20, 2008, while serving as the Defense Intelligence Agency's 
Chief of the Defense Intelligence Support Organization in Afghanistan, 
Colonel Frank displayed unflinching leadership and bravery leading 
security activities for an inter-agency intelligence task force. Caught 
in an ambush by a numerically superior enemy force with a marked 
tactical advantage, Colonel Frank courageously disregarded his own 
safety, maneuvering through multiple kill zones over open terrain, on 
no less than seven occasions, to save the lives of his teammates, 
coalition soldiers, and civilian bystanders. He personally led the fire 
and maneuver of his team, rallied the Afghan National Police (ANP) to 
engage enemy forces, and heroically retrieved a critical resupply of 
ammunition desperately needed by his team. Colonel Frank's uncommon 
valor and determined leadership allowed his three-member team, trapped 
in two ambushes for over two and one half hours, to neutralize the 
enemy without a single loss of U.S. or ANP life. Colonel Frank's 
bravery under fire is in keeping with the finest traditions of military 
service and reflects great credit upon himself, the Defense 
Intelligence Agency, and the United States Intelligence Community.

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  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of a grateful Nation and my colleagues in the 
U.S. House of Representatives. I would like to express my sincere 
thanks to Andrew and his family for their many years of faithful 
service and a job very well done. I wish them years of good fortune as 
they enjoy their retirement from military service in Wisconsin.

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