[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15654]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          APPRECIATING MARINE LIEUTENANT COLONEL TRANE McCLOUD

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, sadly, this weekend marks 
the 10-year anniversary of the death of Marine Lieutenant Colonel 
Joseph Trane McCloud, a former Military Fellow in my office, an 
American hero.
  Trane served in the office in 2003, promoting democracy and freedom. 
As an Active-Duty marine, Trane provided incredible insight into 
defense and national security issues. I am grateful that I had the 
opportunity to work with Trane, and it was a privilege to see his 
firsthand dedication to the Marine Corps, but equally to his wife, 
Maggie, and their three young children.
  Trane was tragically killed in Iraq on December 3, 2006, when the 
helicopter he was riding in malfunctioned and was forced to make an 
emergency landing. In an interview in The Washington Post, Maggie 
described her husband as ``a man of character and honor,'' words that I 
know accurately describe Trane.
  To his wife, Maggie; their three children, Hayden, Grace, and Meghan; 
and the rest of the family: You are in my thoughts and prayers. His 
service will never be forgotten. Trane lived up to the highest ideals 
of the U.S. Marine Corps, semper fidelis.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his 
actions, never forget September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism.
  For Trane, with General Jim Mattis, we will achieve victory to 
protect American families.

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