November 20, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2305 

Paulk. Lieutenant Colonel Paulk is retiring 

after more than 25 years of service in the 

United States Marine Corps. He was raised in 

Stone Mountain, Georgia, where he graduated 

from Tucker High School in 1982 before attending the University of West Georgia. 

Lieutenant Colonel Paulk has served in a 

variety of assignments throughout his distinguished career beginning at Parris Island, 

South Carolina, where he attended basic training in 1983. He then went to his military occupation school, MOS, at Marine Corps Air 

Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, 

California, where he was one of the top candidates at the school, earning the field radio 

operator MOS. 

Private First Class Paulk was then assigned 

to the 4th Forward Area Air Defense Battery, 

Detachment Alpha, Marietta, Georgia as a 

field radio operator with 2nd Squad, 1St Platoon, Alpha Company. In 1986, Corporal Paulk 

was selected to participate in the Platoon 

Leaders Class and attended Officer Candidate 

School in Quantico, Virginia. He graduated 

from the University of West Georgia in 

Carrollton, Georgia in April 1987, with a bachelor of arts degree in history, and then received a commission as a Marine Corps second lieutenant. 

From April through November 1987, Lieutenant Colonel Paulk attended the Basic 

School, graduating in the top third of his class. 

Upon completion of The Basic School he attended Aviation Maintenance Officer’s School 

in Pensacola, Florida. 

From May 1988 through June 1999, Lieutenant Colonel Paulk served with Marine All 

Weather Attack Squadron 533, in Cherry 

Point, North Carolina, deploying to Norway, 

Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, Guam, 

and Wake Island. He also served in Marine 

Aircraft Group 42, in Marietta, Georgia, deploying with Marine Observation Squadron 4 

and Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 

773 to a multitude of counter-narcotic missions 

throughout the United States and the Caribbean. Lastly, during this time he also served 

in the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, serving as the 

rotary wing class desk officer and as the executive officer for Headquarters Battalion, U.S. 

Marine Corps Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

In June 2000, Lieutenant Colonel Paulk 

graduated from the U.S. Naval War College 

with a master of arts, National Security and 

Strategic Studies, degree and transferred to 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Atlantic in Norfolk, 

Virginia. He served in the Operations and 

Plans Division overseeing the deployment of 

marines to Central and South America, as well 

as to the Caribbean. 

From April 2002 until May 2008, Lieutenant 

Colonel Paulk served on recruiting duty in 

Marietta, Georgia and Quantico, Virginia. During this tour he deployed to Fallujah, Iraq, participating in Operation Al Fajr and supporting 

Iraq’s first free elections. He earned the 

Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in connection with combat operations 

while serving as the plans officer and operations officer for the 4th Civil Affairs Group. 

Lieutenant Colonel Paulk served as a congressional liaison officer with the Office of 

Legislative Affairs, Headquarters Marine 

Corps, Washington, DC, during his last 8 

months of service. In his position, Lieutenant 

Colonel Paulk carried the Corps’ message to 

these hallowed halls, providing Members of 

this body the infonnation necessary to determine how best to equip, maintain, and support 

the United States Marine Corps. 

Lieutenant Colonel Paulk has made a lasting contribution to the capability of today’s Marine Corps’ and the future shape of tomorrow’s 

Corps. His superior performance of duties 

highlights the culmination of more than 25 

years of honorable and dedicated Marine 

Corps service. My home State of Georgia and 

our country are proud of Lieutenant Colonel 

Paulk’s exemplary professional competence, 

sound judgment, and total dedication to duty. 

He has reflected great credit upon himself and 

has always upheld the highest traditions of the 

United States Marine Corps. I wish Michael, 

his wife, April, and their daughters, Mallory 

and Maggie, all the best in their future endeavors as they return to life together in Georgia. 

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ROBERT C. FISHER 

HON. JOHN T. DOOLITTLE OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mr. DOOLITTLE. Madam Speaker, I would 

like to take a minute and pay tribute to an old 

friend and former staffer, Robert C. Faber. 

Bob is a man of strong ideals and integrity. 

I first met Bob when we were in our first 

year of law school at McGeorge Law School 

in California. Our friendship began then and 

has been strong ever since. After law school, 

Bob and I went our separate ways. Bob 

worked first at the State Lands Department 

and then had a private law practice. I went to 

work in the California State Senate in Sacramento. Ten years later I was elected to the 

U.S. House of Representatives, and when I 

became Chairman of the Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power, I encouraged 

Bob to become the staff director of the committee. He graciously accepted the position, 

and he and his lovely wife, Joyce, moved to 

the Washington area. 

Bob was born in Kansas City, Missouri and 

grew up in Oregon, Michigan, Indiana and 

California. He attended high school in La Sierra, California. While in high school, Bob 

showed his talent of teaching in his early 

years. He would often help tutor his fellow students at his home, and eventually the group 

got so large that the class asked their teacher 

if Bob could teach the class, since he was 

able to better relate to his peers. The teacher 

allowed Bob to teach the class for about 2 

weeks under his supervision. 

After high school, Bob attended Andrews 

University in Southwestern Michigan where he 

majored in journalism. He earned his undergraduate degree in 3 years after successfully 

testing out of 1 year of classes. While at Andrews, he met Joyce in the communications 

department, and the two have been married 

for 35 years now. They have one son, Robert 

Jr., who is 14 years old. 

Bob has the gift of being able to teach people in both personal and professional situations. When he was living in California, Bob 

taught Sunday school at his local church and 

has been involved with it ever since. He currently teaches the adult group at his local 

church in Leesburg, Virginia and has recently 

started writing about Jesus and the New Testament. 

I am very grateful for Bob’s friendship, and 

I look forward to the many years ahead we 

have as friends. I wish him and his Family 

much happiness and success. 

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HONORING ST. DOMINIC’S PARISH 

IN BREESE, ILLINOIS 

HON. JOHN SHIMKUS OF ILLINOIS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I rise today 

to honor St. Dominic’s Parish in Breese, Illinois. For 150 years, St. Dominic’s has represented the spread of Catholicism in rural 

America and has also acted as one of its community’s cornerstones. The first church building was used from 1858 to 1868 and measured 40 feet by 60 feet. In 1858 Father August 

Reineke was called to act as the first pastor 

of St. Dominic’s and served until 1909. A larger church was needed due to the growing 

number of settlers in the area. The parishioners donated the land as well as the stone 

and limestone for construction of the present 

church still in use today. 

The original parish began with 70 Catholic 

families and today has grown to 867 families. 

One of St. Dominic’s largest accomplishments 

was the establishment of Mater Dei High 

School. The men and women of St. Dominic’s 

help by reaching out to their community and 

world with the parish’s volunteer efforts. St. 

Monica’s Altar Sodality and St. Joseph’s 

Men’s Sodality donate money to the parish’s 

Vacation Bible School, food pantry and youth 

ministry. The ladies of the parish are currently 

sponsoring a child in Guatemala, while the 

men have donated over $20,000 to the new 

multi-purpose room. 

I join with my fellow Representatives to congratulate St. Dominic’s on 150 years of faith 

and service. 

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CONGRATULATING THE HONORABLE HELEN MARSHALL ON RECEIVING THE ‘‘GREEN LEADERSHIP AWARD’’ 

HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mr. ACKERMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise 

today to congratulate Queens Borough President Helen Marshall for receiving the prestigious ‘‘Green Leadership Award’’ from the 

Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) on 

November 13th, 2008. APEC, located in 

Douglaston, Queens, is a superb educational 

center committed to environmental understanding and awareness. Helen’s dedication 

and support of environmental education, public 

parks and responsible zoning and land-use in 

Queens is a great example of how we can 

promote ‘‘green living’’ around the nation 

through local political leadership. 

Thanks to Helen’s aggressive efforts, over 

$60 million has been allocated to maintain, improve and expand the parks and playgrounds 

of Queens. Recently, Helen was instrumental 

in procuring resources to help begin construction of APEC’s new environmental educational 


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