[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 173 (Thursday, October 31, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING SERGEANT FIRST CLASS BRYAN JENKINS

  (Mr. YOHO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YOHO. Madam Speaker, Michel de Montaigne once said: ``Valor is 
stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.''
  This quote describes Sergeant First Class Bryan Jenkins of 
Gainesville, Florida, who tragically lost his life during a military 
exercise last week in Georgia.
  Throughout his 18-year military career, he has distinguished himself 
as a true patriot. Sergeant First Class Jenkins has a long list of 
accomplishments. He went on two tours in Iraq and also earned 14 
different military awards.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Shana; his three 
children, Branson, Bryanna, and Delilah, as well as the families of the 
other two colleagues, Corporal Thomas Walker and Private First Class 
Antonio Garcia who were also killed during this exercise.
  The impact that Sergeant First Class Jenkins had on those around him 
will not soon be forgotten. We thank him for all the sacrifices he made 
for this great Nation. He truly was a man of honor.

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