[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 187 (Monday, November 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5466-S5467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Recognition of the Minority Leader

  The Republican leader is recognized.


   Honoring Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen R. Dwyer, Chief Warrant 
  Officer 2 Shane M. Barnes, Staff Sergeant Tanner W. Grone, Sergeant 
             Andrew P. Southard, and Sergeant Cade M. Wolfe

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I need to begin today with some 
tragic news. This weekend, as Americans joined together to salute our 
heroes, five soldiers deployed out of Fort Campbell, KY, were killed 
while operating in dangerous conditions in the Mediterranean Sea: CW3 
Stephen Dwyer, CW2 Shane Barnes, SSG Tanner Grone, SGT Andrew Southard, 
and SGT Cade Wolfe.
  These fallen warriors were members of Fort Campbell's 160th Special 
Operations Aviation Regiment, known by their brothers- and sisters-in-
arms as Night Stalkers.

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  The Night Stalkers are elite, highly trained fighters who take on the 
most sensitive missions. They are ready to respond at any time there 
are serious threats anywhere in the world, and they ground their 
service in two principles: never quit and never surrender.
  Night Stalkers live, breathe, and--tragically--often die by a creed 
which reads:

       I serve with the memory and the pride of those who have 
     gone before me, for they loved to fight, fought to win, and 
     would rather die than quit.

  This weekend, five brave men honored their creed. Their memory will 
live on, carried by Night Stalkers who continue to profess it and by 
every American who mourns their loss. This tragedy is a stark reminder 
of the incredible dangers our men and women in uniform face and of the 
debt we owe them.
  So, today, I join our Nation in grieving these fallen warriors, and I 
extend my prayers to their families, children, and comrades.