[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 4435-4436]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF MASTER SERGEANT TARA R. BROWN

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                           HON. JOHN L. MICA

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 15, 2016

  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and celebrate the life of 
Air Force Master Sergeant Tara R. Brown. A graduate of Deltona High 
School in Volusia County, Florida, Master Sergeant Brown gave her life 
defending our freedom on April 27, 2011. MSgt. Brown was the wife of 
Army Sgt. Ernest Brown and the daughter of Mr. Jim Jacobs of Deltona, 
Florida.
  On Monday, April 18, 2016, in Central Florida, the street that serves 
as the entry to her alma mater, Daytona High School, will be named in 
her honor. This special recognition serves to honor and pay tribute to 
her service and devotion to the nation. Her family, friends and 
community will gather as we dedicate the corridor where she attended 
school in her memory.
  Shortly after graduating from Deltona High School, MSgt. Brown 
enlisted in the Air Force and reported to Basic Military Training 
School at Lackland Air Force Base. She continued her training at 
Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi where she attended technical 
school and was subsequently assigned to Kadena Air Base, Japan where 
she began working in information management.

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  Brown continued her service to our country during several overseas 
assignments. In November 2006, she was assigned to Headquarters, Air 
Force Office of Special Investigations and her service later took her 
to Eskan Village, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with and Kandahar Air Field, 
Afghanistan. In January 2011, she deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan as a 
communications squadron advisor for the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) Air Training Command-Afghanistan.
  Mr. Speaker, Master Sgt. Brown selflessly answered her nation's call 
to serve, and performed with distinction for over fifteen years. Her 
impeccable service record further reflects her outstanding character 
and dedication to her fellow men and women in uniform and to our 
country. As a testament to her decorated career, MSgt. Brown was 
posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Meritorious 
Service Medal, Air Force Combat Action Medal, and the NATO Article Five 
Medal. In her local community, the citizens of Deltona, Florida have 
renamed the southern portion of the road formerly known as Forrest Edge 
Drive to MSgt. Tara Jacobs Brown Ave.
  In addition to her father and husband, Brown is survived by her 
mother, Gladys Vereen of New York; brothers Jim Jacobs of Kissimmee, 
Dominic Jacobs of New York, and Michael Jacobs of Deltona; and sister, 
Laguanda Jacobs of Maryland.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in remembering and 
celebrating the decorated service of Master Sergeant Tara R. Brown, and 
ask that God bless her soul and the souls of all our fallen heroes that 
have given their lives so we may enjoy the freedoms we all hold dear.




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