Date: 2002-09-30
Speaker: JO ANN DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Mr. Speaker. I rise today to honor Chief Electricians Mate (Submarines) Joseph Aimon Mangin. United States Navy. Chief Petty Officer Mangin will retire on Monday. 30 September of Remarks September 30. 2002 2002 after 23 years of faithful service to our Nation. Chief Mangin enlisted in the United States Army in September 1978. Following Army Basic Training and Army Cooking School at Fort Jackson. South Carolina. he reported to his first assignment as part of Headquarters and Headquarters Company. 1st Battalion. 70th Armor in Wiesbaden. Germany in January 1979. During his European tour he participated in several field exercises including Return of Forces to Germany (REFORGER) and exercises at the Fulda Gap. In October 1981 Chief Mangin transferred to Headquarters and Headquarters Company. 1st Battalion. 14th Infantry (Golden Dragons) of the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks. Hawaii. While attached to the Golden Dragons he again participated in many field exercises including Team Spirit in Korea and jungle operations in the Republic of the Philippines. During his Hawaii tour Chief Mangin was named the battalion. brigade. division. and US Army Western Command Cook of the Year for 1982. In March 1984 Chief Mangin left the Army and spent nine months with the California National Guard. In December 1984. feeling again the call to serve he joined the United States Navy. He attended Navy Recruit Training. Basic Electricity and Electronics School and Electricians Mate A School at Great Lakes. Illinois. graduating number one in his A school class. Chief Mangin then completed Nuclear.Power School in Oriando. Florida. and in May of 1986 was assigned for training to Nuclear Power Training Unit Idaho Falls. Idaho. where he was the first student in his class to graduate. In February 1987 Chief Mangin joined the crew of USS Olympia (SSN 717) in Pearl Harbor. Serving as Olympias Command Career Counselor. his efforts helped the ship earn the Commander Pacific Submarine Force Silver Anchor award for retention excellence. During his time on Olympia. the ship completed three Western Pacific deployments and two northern deployments. After graduating first in his class at Radiological Controls Maintenance School. Chief Mangin completed a threeyear tour assigned to SUBASE Pearl Harbor. qualifying as Radiological Controls Shift Supervisor and serving as Leading Petty Officer. Chief Mangin then received orders to the USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) in Norfolk. Virginia. Serving as Leading Petty Officer of Electrical Division. he was named Oklahoma -Citys Sailor of the Year for 1995. During this tour. the ship completed a Mediterranean deployment. In 1996. following his selection as a Chief Petty Officer. Chief Mangin reported to USS Norfolk (SSN 714) as Electrical Division Leading Chief Petty Officer. In 1998. Chief Mangin relieved as the Navys Submarine Pay (SUBPAY) Monitor. working on the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations at the Navy Annex in Washington DC. In this position. he oversaw all aspects of the $45M SUBPAY budget. His thorough analysis built the compelling business case that resulted in targeted increases to the SUBPAY program. the first increases in fifteen years. Chief Mangins contributions have had a direct and lasting impact on the overall readiness and effectiveness of Naval Submarine Force personnel. He is an individual of uncommon character and his professionalism will be sincerely missed. I am proud. Mr. Speaker. to thank him for his honorable service in the United States Navy. and to wish him fair winds and following seas as he. closes his distinguished military career.