[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 160 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1320-E1321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING LIEUTENANT COMMANDER JERRY McNEW, U.S. NAVY

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                         HON. STEVEN M. PALAZZO

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 27, 2018

  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the outstanding work 
of Lieutenant Commander Jerry McNew.
  McNew joined the United States Navy in 1989, entering Basic Training 
at the Naval Station in Chicago, Illinois. He later attended Tactical 
Training Center Atlantic, located in Dam Neck, Virginia, graduating 
with honors as an Operations Specialist Seaman.
  Spanning three decades, McNew's career has taken him on eighteen 
deployments, thirteen of those in combat missions. His dossier reads 
like something out of a Tom Clancy novel. From weapons tactics to Naval 
Gunfire Liaison Officer, to Civil Affairs, Command Staff, Air Intercept 
Controller Supervisor, Battle Watch Captain, Surface Warfare Officer,

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Fleet Marine Force Combat Officer, and many more titles, it is safe to 
say, LCDR McNew is an expert in Naval combat operations, quite possibly 
all over the world.
  It is no surprise that McNew advanced ranks from E-1 to E-8 to 0-4 
between 1989 and 2015. He took part in 27 Operations, including 
Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina, Desert Fox, Desert Shield, and Desert 
Storm, Operations Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom, as well as the 
Piracy Patrols in Somalia, among many others.
  His exemplary leadership, throughout the nearly 30 years of Naval 
service, has contributed greatly to the security of the United States, 
and our global community, as well as his fellow military brothers and 
sisters. It is an honor to recognize Lieutenant Commander Jerry McNew 
upon the occasion of his U.S. Navy retirement.

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