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“IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN EDWARD J. MAROHN” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1045 on July 23, 2018.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN EDWARD J. MAROHN
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HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING
of massachusetts
in the house of representatives
Monday, July 23, 2018
Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the retirement of Captain Edward J. Marohn, the Chief of External Affairs for the Coast Guard First District in Boston, Massachusetts.
Captain Marohn joined the United States Coast Guard at the age of seventeen and has served this country honorably for thirty-one years. He served in a variety of afloat, ashore and staff tours on both Coasts and on the Great Lakes. He also conducted counterdrug, fishery enforcement, search and rescue, and environmental protection operations from the Bering Sea to the Sea of Cortez. Further, while serving in Michigan, he coordinated the execution of over 7,000 search and rescue operations that resulted in saving or assisting over 1,200 lives and
$10 million in property.
Complementing his remarkable operational career, Captain Marohn served as the Coast Guard Liaison to the National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement in Silver Spring, Maryland; Assistant Chief of Enforcement for First Coast Guard District in Boston, Massachusetts; Maritime Drug Interdiction Officer at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and earned a Master of Marine Affairs from the University of Washington.
Recognized as an expert in fisheries management and enforcement, Captain Marohn has also served as the Coast Guard representative to the New England Fisheries Management Council, the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, the U.S. delegation to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, and the North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum. Further, he was the sole Coast Guard representative on the U.S. State Department led delegation to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, where he negotiated the first ever U.S. enforcement presence in this international fishery regime.
Captain Marohn pioneered the Integrated Maritime Security Operations program, an international approach to law enforcement on the northern border that involves joint operations between the U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. These operations continue to serve as a model for overcoming jurisdictional challenges along a shared international maritime border to improve security. He is also known as the primary architect of the Coast Guard's Ice Rescue Program, and received the 2005 Coast Guard Innovation Award for Operational Management to recognize his groundbreaking achievement of developing the first-ever Ice Rescue Manual.
Today Captain Marohn has been married to his wife Christine for 26 years, and together they have two daughters, Meaghan and Lauren.
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Captain Edward J. Marohn as he retires from the United States Coast Guard. I ask that my colleagues join me in recognizing his many years of dedication to his community and his country.
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