[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7749]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   A TRIBUTE TO LT. COL. DAVID WORLEY

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 11, 2017

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Lieutenant Colonel 
David Worley, who is retiring after forty-two years of distinguished 
service with the United States Air Force.
  Born in Los Angeles in 1953, Dave grew up in Woodland Hills, 
California. An excellent student and astronomy enthusiast, he attended 
Serrania Avenue Elementary School, Parkman Jr. High and Taft High 
School. Dave met his future wife, Gayle, in Sunday School, and after 
their high school graduation, they attended Pierce College together. In 
1975, Dave enlisted in the United States Air Force (USAF) and he and 
Gayle married shortly after his enlistment. Upon completion of his 
basic training, he was assigned to the Keesler Air Force Base in 
Biloxi, Mississippi for technical training. After finishing his 
technical training, he was assigned to Dover AFB for a one year 
assignment. He was reassigned back to Keesler AFB in Biloxi, where 
their children, Valerie and Bryan were born.
  Dave served as an Air Traffic Controller Manager for seven years, 
after which he received his commission. Upon completing training as an 
Air Battalion Manager, then-Second Lieutenant Worley was stationed in 
Germany for eight years, where he served as a mobile Theater Air 
Control specialist and evaluator and was promoted to the subsequent 
ranks of First Lieutenant and Captain. In 1992, Captain Worley served 
as a Flight Commander at the Squadron Officer School at the Maxwell Air 
Force Base in Alabama and in 1994, he was stationed in Korea where he 
was promoted to Major and worked as Battle Director for airspace 
control. In 1995, Major Worley returned to the Squadron Officer School 
as Chief of Plans and Programs, then attended college in Virginia, and 
after college, began a three year tour at the U.S. Central Command 
Headquarters in Tampa, Florida. While in Florida, he served as the 
Chief of the Theater Air and Missile Defense Branch as Executive 
Officer to the Director of Operations, where he received the rank of 
Lieutenant Colonel. In 2000, Lt. Col. Worley returned once again to 
Alabama as Commander of the 30th Student Squadron Officers School, 
where he commanded hundreds of USAF officers, international officers 
and U.S. Department of Defense civilian personnel as an airpower and 
leadership education scholar, before his retirement in 2002.
  In 2003, Dave became a Senior Aerospace Science instructor at 
Crescenta Valley High School in La Crescenta, California. Lt. Col. 
Worley was responsible for administering the Air Force Junior Officer 
Training Corps (AFJROTC) program, a citizenship-based program for 
nearly 100 high school student ``cadets,'' who are expanding their 
aerospace science and leadership education to become better leaders and 
citizens.
  During his illustrious career in the United States Air Force, Lt. 
Col. Worley has received several decorations including the Joint 
Service Commendation Medal, five Meritorious Service Medals, a Defense 
Meritorious Service Medal, and two USAF Commendation Medals, and was 
honored in 2007 and in 2008 with the AFJROTC outstanding instructor 
award, which is presented annually to the top twenty percent of all 
AFJROTC instructors worldwide.
  I ask all Members of Congress to join me in thanking Lt. Col. Worley 
for his many years of dedicated service to our country, the AFJROTC 
students at Crescenta Valley High School, and the greater foothills 
community.

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