[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 168 (Tuesday, October 25, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1079]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   COMMAND MASTER CHIEF JOSEPH McMAHON: MT. EPHRAIM TOWN HALL HONOREE

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                          HON. DONALD NORCROSS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 25, 2022

  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, originally born in Pennsauken, New 
Jersey, Command Master Chief Joseph McMahon has been a resident of the 
Borough of Mt. Ephraim, New Jersey for thirty-one years. Deployed nine 
times in total, Joseph McMahon joined the United States Navy in 1976 
where he served for twenty-one years before being honorably discharged 
in 1997.
  During his twenty-one years of service, he was stationed in Norfolk, 
Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; San Diego, California; and 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served on the USS Ponce, USS Barney 
DDG6, USS Conolly 979, USS Beagle Grove LSD 32, YTB 802 an ocean 
tugboat, Conningham and USS Forrestal. He was involved in two major 
military campaigns, the Persian Gulf War and the war in Bosnia.
  Command Master Chief Joseph McMahon is the recipient of eighteen 
campaign medals and ribbons, many of which he received on more than one 
occasion. He has been honored with the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy 
Commendation Medal (3 times), Navy Achievement Award (5 times), Navy 
Expeditionary Services Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, NATO 
Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, as well as several others.
  Following his retirement from the United States Navy, Joseph McMahon 
continued his dedication to public service, joining the Camden County 
Sheriff's Office as a police officer for fifteen years. In 2015, he 
returned to the Navy once more, working at the Foundry, an old navy 
shipyard.
  Command Master Chief Joseph McMahon celebrated forty years of 
marriage with his wife Diane McMahon on October 16, 2022 and continues 
to serve his community as a member of the Knights of Columbus and as 
the Deputy Post Commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 262.
  Madam Speaker, I ask you to join me in honoring and commending 
Command Master Chief Joseph McMahon of Mt. Ephraim, New Jersey, a 
resident dedicated to his community, country, and those who have 
bravely served and defended the United States of America.

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