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HONORING MRS. LINDA B. CONLIN
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HON. TIM RYAN
of ohio
in the house of representatives
Monday, December 13, 2021
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Mrs. Linda B. Conlin on the occasion of her retirement.
Linda has served the people of the United States of America in her role as a Department of the Army Civilian for over 39 years. Her long and distinguished career of service began in 1973 as a Kindergarten teacher in a small DoD school in the East-West German border kaserne of Bad Hersfeld, Germany. She finishes her career with over 25 years in the Washington, D.C. area-serving in the Army's Office of the Chief of Legislative Liaison, and most recently for the last 17 years as the Support Division Chief in the National Guard Bureau's Office of Legislative Liaison. Linda has received a Commander's Award for Civilian Service and several Superior Civilian Service Awards.
As the Co-Chair of the National Guard and Reserve Caucus, I especially want to thank her for her service with the National Guard Bureau's Office of Legislative Liaison.
2021 will undoubtedly go down in history as, ``The Year of the National Guard.'' This year. the National Guard continued its mission to fight the scourge that is the COVID-19 pandemic, conducted a mobilization of 25,000 troops to defend our Capitol--the bastion of our Democracy, responded to countless natural disasters ranging from fires, to floods, to hurricanes, all while continuing to protect us from our adversaries abroad.
Throughout this tumultuous year, the National Guard Bureau's Office of Legislative Liaison supported my office, and all of Congress, in unprecedented ways. Linda was critical in providing this support and embodied the spirit of the Guard's motto: ``Always Ready, Always There.''
This country is losing a true patriot today, her loss will be noticed. As she begins her new adventures, I wish Linda and her family with nothing but health and happiness in her retirement.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 214
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