[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E865]
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  HONORING THE DISTINGUISHED MILITARY SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER 
                             JAMES P. COSE

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                         HON. DIANA HARSHBARGER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 20, 2023

  Mrs. HARSHBARGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Lieutenant 
Commander James P. Cose of Sneedville in Hancock County for his 
extensive service in the United States Navy. His military career began 
with his enlistment in September of 1969, where he volunteered for 
Nuclear Power Training and the Submarine Force.
  After his training, he deployed to the U.S.S. Holland AS-32 in Rota, 
Spain as a Fire Control Ballistic Third-Class Petty Officer, but was 
soon transferred to the U.S.S. Thomas A. Edison SSBN 610, which made 
strategic missile patrols in the Mediterranean Sea. His next assignment 
was to the Naval Ordnance Test Unit at Cape Canaveral, Florida, where 
tests on the Polaris and Trident Fleet Ballistic Missiles were 
conducted. PO Cose then transferred for more strategic missile patrols 
on the U.S.S. Sam Rayburn SSBN 635, where he was commissioned as a 
Limited Duty Officer and sent to Officer Training School (OTS). After 
OTS, he deployed to the Alexander Hamilton SSBN 617 for more strategic 
missile patrols out of the North Atlantic, then transferred to the 
Officer Submarine Training Facility in New London, Connecticut, where 
he instructed Perspective Commanding Officers on weapons systems 
onboard the Nuclear Submarines. His next transfer was to the Naval 
Submarine Support Facility in New London, Connecticut to build 
torpedoes, as well as teach thousands of service members small-arms 
firearms training, as part of American nuclear weapons security.
  His last command was to Commander Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet 
(COMSUBLANT), at Norfolk, Virginia, where he served as a Chief Nuclear 
Weapons Inspector for all Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines in the 
Atlantic Fleet. He retired with nearly 25 years of exceptional service 
in the U.S. Navy, rising through the ranks from an enlisted recruit all 
the way to Lieutenant Commander.
  Please join me in thanking American patriot, Lieutenant Commander 
James P. Cose for his leadership and lifetime of service to our great 
Nation.

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