[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 203 (Monday, December 11, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5894-S5895]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

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           TRIBUTE TO SERGEANT MAJOR TYRONE C. MARSHALL, Jr.

  Mr. OSSOFF. Mr. President, today it is with great pleasure that I 
honor a dedicated Army noncommissioned officer, legislative liaison, 
and public servant. I wish to recognize SGM Tyrone C. Marshall for 2 
years of exemplary service with the Senate Liaison Division and 
congratulate him on his selection to serve in the Pentagon as an 
operations sergeant major with the Office of the Chief of Public 
Affairs.
  On this occasion, I recognize Sergeant Major Marshall's distinguished 
25-year career spent serving the American people, whether here in the 
Halls of Congress or with his boots on the ground. A native of Ashbury 
Park, NJ, and a fourth-generation soldier, he enlisted in the Army in 
1998, serving first as an administrative specialist for 7 years before 
transitioning to public affairs in 2005. Sergeant Major Marshall 
deployed to Iraq twice, serving first in 2005 with the 25th Infantry 
Division public affairs, Task Force Lightning, and later with Task 
Force Wings as Brigade PAO for 25th Combat Aviation Brigade in 2008.
  In 2011, Sergeant Major Marshall began his first tour at the Pentagon 
as the senior public affairs NCO for the Defense Media Activity's Armed 
Forces Press Service, Pentagon Bureau, later designated DoD News. In 
this role, he served as the sole military adviser to a 20-person 
civilian news team supporting the Office of the Secretary of Defense 
and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His service in this capacity 
demonstrates his steadfast commitment to the defense of the United 
States, whether on the ground or over the airwaves.
  In 2015, Sergeant Major Marshall returned to the line as a platoon 
sergeant at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA. He then 
returned to the Pentagon as Public Affairs and media adviser to the 
15th and 16th Sergeants Major of the Army and as an operations NCO.
  In 2020, Sergeant Major Marshall arrived on Capitol Hill to serve as 
a defense fellow for Representative Elise

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Stefanik of New York before his selection as a legislative liaison in 
the Senate Liaison Division. In each of these positions, his primary 
responsibility was to help continue and strengthen Army relationships 
across both Chambers of Congress. Over the past 2 years, Sergeant Major 
Marshall has done just that: He has been an indispensable resource and 
representative of the Army and traveled all over the world facilitating 
congressional and staff delegations.
  He will now continue his distinguished Army career, once again 
returning to the Pentagon as an operations sergeant major. He will 
assume responsibility for his new position later this December.
  I am personally thankful for his shared wisdom, service, and 
sacrifice. I am grateful to him for the help he provided my staff and 
me to better serve our Georgia Army families and communities. And on 
behalf of the U.S. Senate, I thank SGM Tyrone C. Marshall for his time 
here in the Senate as a legislative liaison and wish him, his wife 
Tammy, and his children Kya, Kaden, Tre'Yon, Elijah, and Tyrone all the 
best.

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