[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9986]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    A WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT FOR KATHRYN DUNBAR--A FELLOW COASTIE

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 11, 2014

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the retirement of 
Coast Guard Commander Kathryn Dunbar. Commander Dunbar, or KD as we 
affectionately call her, is a native of Columbia, South Carolina, and 
was graduated from the University of the South and entered Officer's 
Candidate School in 1992.
  A true sailor, she is a Coast Guard Cutterman, having served aboard 
three Buoy Tenders including USCGC Sweetgum in Mobile, Alabama, and 
USCGC Red Birch in Baltimore, Maryland. She also served as the 
commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter William Tate in Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, from 2001-2003.
  I was privileged to travel to the City of Brotherly Love to attend 
her Change of Command when she assumed command of the cutter in 2001. I 
was pleased to be accompanied by my staffers Missy Branson and Ed 
McDonald at the ceremonies. Missy and KD were such good friends that 
they climbed Mount Everest together all the way to the base camp on the 
Nepal side.
  CDR Dunbar also served in the Coast Guard Recruiting Command, the 
Office of Cutter Forces at Coast Guard Headquarters, and at both the 
National and District Seven Director of Auxiliary Offices. She is best 
known in Washington, DC, for her exceptional performance of duty in the 
Coast Guard House of Representatives Liaison Office from 1997-2001. 
This is where many of my colleagues, my staff and I, came to know KD.
  She is a true friend, an outstanding Coastie, and as fine a 
representative of our service as I have seen. On behalf of the citizens 
of the Sixth District of North Carolina, we wish KD, Commander Dunbar, 
fair winds and following seas.

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