[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 96 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CAPTAIN TERRANCE M. EDWARDS: A CREDIT TO THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

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                         HON. FRANK A. LoBIONDO

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 17, 1998

  Mr. LoBIONDO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a United States 
Coast Guard officer who has made a difference in the lives of many 
people: Captain Terrance M. ``Casey'' Edwards, Commanding Officer of 
the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey. After 
twenty-eight years on active duty, Captain Edwards is beginning a well-
earned retirement.
  I am proud to say that Captain Edwards embodies the finest principles 
of a commissioned officer, and reflects well on the Coast Guard spirit 
of Semper Paratus. He is a leader whose commitment and dedication has 
made the Cape May Training Center synonymous with excellence. I have no 
doubt that the men and women who graduated from the Training Center 
during his command are among the most well-trained and prepared in the 
ranks of the Coast Guard.
  Captain Edwards' decorations attest to his outstanding service. He is 
a three-time recipient of the Coast Guard Commendation Medal, a two-
time recipient of the Coast Guard Achievement Medal, and has been 
awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. But there is more to Captain 
Edwards than just medals; there is a story of his maximum effort and 
considerable achievement.
  A 1970 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Captain Edwards' 
career has taken him from the Atlantic Ocean, aboard the USCGC 
Dauntless, to command of a LORAN station in Okinawa, where he helped 
maintain a homing signal for vessels traveling on the high seas of the 
Pacific.
  He has served with distinction as an attorney assigned to several 
Coast Guard legal billets, during which time, it should be noted, he 
represented clients before the United States Supreme Court. In 
recognition of his outstanding legal service, Captain Edwards was 
appointed to the Coast Guard Court of Military Review by the Secretary 
of Transportation, and also served as an appellate judge from May of 
1992 to June of 1994. It can be rightly said that justice was indeed 
served by this fair and judicious man.
  Captain Edwards has also looked after the physical well being of 
Coast Guard personnel in his roles as President of the Coast Guard 
Formal Physical Evaluation Board and Chief of the Physical Disability 
Evaluation Division.
  Captain Edwards, on behalf of the many nervous recruits who left Cape 
May confidently ready to serve, on behalf of a community that will 
dearly miss your many positive contributions (and friendly smile), on 
behalf of the United States Congress, I wish you good luck in the 
future and calm seas ahead.

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