[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3439]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN S. WALDEN

 Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, today I pay tribute to LTC John 
Walden for his 29 years of exemplary dedication to duty while serving 
as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. I am grateful that he will 
continue to serve his family and the local community of Oxford after 
concluding his career with the Army. We wish him well in his 
retirement.
  A native of Georgia, LTC John Walden was commissioned as a second 
lieutenant in the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Corps from Georgia 
Military College in 1988. He completed a bachelor of science in 
criminal justice from Georgia State University in 1995 and his masters 
of arts in leadership from Luther Rice University in 2013. His military 
education includes the Military Intelligence Officer Basic Course; 
Military Intelligence Officer Advance Course; Psychological Operations 
Officer Course; Counterintelligence Officer Course; Combined Arms 
Exercise; Command and General Staff College, Intermediate Level 
Education; and airborne school.
  As an Army Reserve officer, Lieutenant Colonel Walden has served with 
military intelligence, psychological operations, and special operations 
units at the platoon, detachment, company, battalion, group, and major 
command level. Assignments have included: tactical intelligence 
officer, counterintelligence officer, HUMINT team chief, counter 
terrorism analyst, Iraq Threat Finance Cell OIC, deputy chief, counter 
terrorism analyst, intelligence training officer, and deputy commander.
  As with all our citizen soldiers, it is important that we acknowledge 
his service in the civilian sector. Lieutenant Colonel Walden has 
extensive law enforcement experience, serving as both a deputy sheriff 
in the Rockdale County sheriff's office and as a detective and special 
investigator with the Valdosta Police Department. As an ordained 
minister, he was able to continue serving the community and provide 
mentorship to those in need. He has also worked at Ford Motor Company 
and the Maxell Corporation. It is because of all of their cooperation 
and understanding during his many tours of duty that he was able to 
make such a positive impact on the Army Reserve.
  Considering his many positions and service in both the Army and 
civilian sector, we must acknowledge the tireless support of John's 
wife, Shelley, and his children, Johnathon, Lucy, and Samuel. I thank 
them for their sacrifices and wish them all the best for continued 
success in the future.
  Throughout his 29-year career, LTC John Walden has made positive 
impacts on the careers and lives of his soldiers, peers, and superiors. 
I am grateful for his service to our country, his community, and that 
he chose to serve as an Army leader. I join my colleagues today in 
honoring his dedication to the United States of America.

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