[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 53 (Thursday, April 18, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           COMMENDING MAJOR BRYAN T. TAYLOR OF NORTH CAROLINA

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 18, 2013

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, America has the strongest military in the 
world because it is composed of patriotic volunteers--the men and women 
who put their lives in harm's way to keep our country safe. I want to 
recognize and congratulate a young North Carolinian who was recently 
promoted to Major in the U.S. Army. I have known Bryan T. Taylor since 
he was a child, and I served with his father in the North Carolina 
General Assembly and the United States House of Representatives.
  Bryan was appointed to the United States Military Academy by the late 
Sen. Jesse Helms. At West Point, he served as captain of his senior 
class and on the West Point honor guard during the difficult year of 9/
11/2001. He graduated in 2003 near the top of his class and was physics 
mentor in his third year. From West Point, Bryan took additional 
training as a combat engineer and was stationed in Korea near the DMZ. 
From there, he entered combat in Iraq and spent 12 months in Ramadi, 
where constant battle was waged by both the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines.
  He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant during that combat and returned 
home. After his promotion to Captain, he served in Central America, and 
in 2008 he returned to Iraq. His Major promotion service was held at 
Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sgt. Karen Vannov 
and Lt. Col. Jeff Moran conducted the promotion service. Present at the 
ceremony were Bryan's wife, Sgt. Miriana Perez Taylor, his parents 
Charles and Elizabeth Taylor, bringing prayers and greeting from his 
mother-in-law and father-in-law Lucia Macias and Leoncio A. Perez.
  I have nominated many young men and women to our service academies 
during my tenure in Congress. And I have known many brave men and women 
who have served their country with honor. On behalf of the citizens of 
the Sixth District of North Carolina, I would like to thank Major Bryan 
T. Taylor and the other hundreds of thousands of our military for their 
service and sacrifice in keeping our country free. May God bless them 
one and all.

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