[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 1716-1717]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES


            Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew Langston McAdams

  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I rise today to express our Nation's 
deepest thanks and gratitude to a Wyoming solider and his family. On 
January 10, 2014, CWO3 Andrew McAdams of Cheyenne, WY, was killed in 
the line of duty in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Along with 
his fellow MC-12 crew members, Chief Warrant Officer 3 McAdams died 
from injuries he sustained while conducting surveillance operations in 
eastern Afghanistan.
  Chief McAdams deployed with Wyoming Army National Guard Detachment 
53. He was attached to B Company, 306th Aerial Exploitation Battalion, 
Task Force ODIN-Afghanistan.

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Before graduating from Cheyenne East High School, he joined the Army 
National Guard and graduated from the U.S. Army Warrant Officer 
Candidate School at Fort Rucker, AL. Andrew's friends have described 
him as a kind man with an infectious sense of humor. Those who served 
with Chief McAdams recall his passion for aviation. It is that passion 
for flight which led him to serve Wyoming and our Nation.
  Mr. President, it is because of individuals like Andrew McAdams who 
wear the uniform that we continue to live safe and free. Our men and 
women who answer the call to service deserve respect and recognition 
for the enormous burden that they take upon themselves to protect our 
Nation. They put everything on the line every day. Because of them and 
their families, our Nation remains free and strong in the face of 
danger.
  In the book of John, Jesus said that ``greater love has no man than 
this, that he lay his life down for his friend.'' Andrew gave his life, 
that last full measure of devotion, so we can live in a free nation. He 
gave his life defending his country and its people, and we honor him 
for this selfless sacrifice.
  Chief Warrant Officer 3 McAdams is survived by his wife Carol and 
baby daughter, his mother Katherine and father Brien, sister Laretta 
and brother-in-law Erick. Andrew is also survived by his brothers and 
sisters in arms of the U.S. Army. As we say goodbye to a husband, a 
father, a son, a brother, and an American soldier, our Nation pays its 
deepest respect to Chief McAdams for his courage, his love of country, 
and his sacrifice, so that we may remain free. He was a hero in life, 
and he remains a hero in memory. All of Wyoming, and indeed the entire 
Nation, is proud of him. May God bless him and his family, and welcome 
him with open arms.

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