[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 190 (Monday, December 3, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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            TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT COMMANDER KERRY S. JACKSON

 Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I would like to call 
attention to U.S. Navy LCDR Kerry S. Jackson, who is retiring December 
7, 2018, after 26 years of honorable service to our country. He 
enlisted in 1988, completed Navy SEAL Training in 1989, and received 
his commission as a naval officer in 2003. As a SEAL, he completed 
eight deployments and a broad scope of high-risk missions across the 
globe.
  From 2015 to 2018, Lieutenant Commander Jackson served as executive 
officer of the Naval Small Craft Instructional and Applied Technical 
Training School, NAVSCIATTS, located at Stennis Space Center in Hancock 
County, MS. NAVSCIATTS trains students from partner nations around the 
world in small craft and riverine operations. Under his leadership, 
foreign military students are better prepared to fight both state and 
nonstate adversaries by employing advanced riverine combat, navigation, 
and other technical skills developed at NAVSCIATTS. Lieutenant 
Commander Jackson's leadership of this program created and fostered 
critical diplomatic relationships with partner nations around the 
world.
  During the course of his military career, he has been awarded three 
Joint Service Commendation Medals, seven Navy and Marine Corps 
Commendation Medals, one Army Commendation Medal, two Joint Service 
Achievement Medals, five Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, the 
Combat Action Ribbon, and various other personal, unit, and campaign 
awards.
  I commend Lieutenant Commander Jackson for his 26 years of faithful 
service to our Nation, extend my deepest gratitude to him and his 
entire family, and wish him the best during his transition to civilian 
life.

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