[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 123 (Monday, July 23, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN EDWARD J. MAROHN

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 23, 2018

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the 
retirement of Captain Edward J. Marohn, the Chief of External Affairs 
for the Coast Guard First District in Boston, Massachusetts.
  Captain Marohn joined the United States Coast Guard at the age of 
seventeen and has served this country honorably for thirty-one years. 
He served in a variety of afloat, ashore and staff tours on both Coasts 
and on the Great Lakes. He also conducted counterdrug, fishery 
enforcement, search and rescue, and environmental protection operations 
from the Bering Sea to the Sea of Cortez. Further, while serving in 
Michigan, he coordinated the execution of over 7,000 search and rescue 
operations that resulted in saving or assisting over 1,200 lives and 
$10 million in property.
  Complementing his remarkable operational career, Captain Marohn 
served as the Coast Guard Liaison to the National Marine Fisheries 
Service Office of Law Enforcement in Silver Spring, Maryland; Assistant 
Chief of Enforcement for First Coast Guard District in Boston, 
Massachusetts; Maritime Drug Interdiction Officer at Coast Guard 
Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and earned a Master of Marine Affairs 
from the University of Washington.
  Recognized as an expert in fisheries management and enforcement, 
Captain Marohn has also served as the Coast Guard representative to the 
New England Fisheries Management Council, the Stellwagen Bank National 
Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, the U.S. delegation to the Northwest 
Atlantic Fisheries Organization, and the North Atlantic Coast Guard 
Forum. Further, he was the sole Coast Guard representative on the U.S. 
State Department led delegation to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries 
Organization, where he negotiated the first ever U.S. enforcement 
presence in this international fishery regime.
  Captain Marohn pioneered the Integrated Maritime Security Operations 
program, an international approach to law enforcement on the northern 
border that involves joint operations between the U.S. Coast Guard and 
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. These operations continue to serve 
as a model for overcoming jurisdictional challenges along a shared 
international maritime border to improve security. He is also known as 
the primary architect of the Coast Guard's Ice Rescue Program, and 
received the 2005 Coast Guard Innovation Award for Operational 
Management to recognize his groundbreaking achievement of developing 
the first-ever Ice Rescue Manual.
  Today Captain Marohn has been married to his wife Christine for 26 
years, and together they have two daughters, Meaghan and Lauren.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Captain Edward J. Marohn as he 
retires from the United States Coast Guard. I ask that my colleagues 
join me in recognizing his many years of dedication to his community 
and his country.

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