[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 88 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CAPTAIN ADAN GUERRERO

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                         HON. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 11, 2000

  Mr. ORTIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a special service 
officer, Captain Adan Guerrero, commander of the United States Coast 
Guard Marine Safety Office in Corpus Christi.
  Captain Guerrero is the model service officer for the Coast Guard. In 
addition to being a great guy who deals squarely with whatever comes up 
and a tireless advocate for the United States Coast Guard and the men 
and women who serve in his command, he is also a hometown boy.
  This Coastie from Corpus Christi began his service with the U.S. 
Coast Guard after graduating from the Coast Guard Academy in 1974. He 
served first as a deck officer on the USCGC Morgenthau from 1974 to 
1976 when it was homeported in New York City. He served as engineer 
officer aboard the USCGC Durable homeported in Brownsville, Texas from 
1983-1986.
  Captain Guerrero started a career in marine safety at the Marine 
Inspection Office in New Orleans, where he served as a marine 
inspector, investigating officer and licensing examiner. He also served 
as the Coast Guard liaison officer at the United States Embassy in 
Mexico City before returning again to the Marine Safety Office Training 
Office. From 1990-98, he served as the executive officer responsible 
for marine safety and environmental protection on over 500 miles of the 
Ohio River.
  Before returning to Corpus Christi, he was chief of the Vessel and 
Facility Operating Standards Division, Office of Operating and 
Environmental Standards, Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC. He 
represented the United States when he headed the delegation on Ship/
Port Interface Working Group of the International Maritime Organization 
in London.
  He also served as director of the National Offshore Safety Advisory 
Committee and the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory 
Committee. He has been awarded two Coast Guard Commendation Medals and 
three Coast Guard Achievement Medals with Operational Distinguishing 
Device.
  I ask my colleagues to join me today in wishing Captain Guerrero well 
upon his retirement with his wife, Silvia DeLaRosa of Corpus Christi, 
and their children, Nicolas and Benjamin.

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