On my second day in the State Senate, the Senators honored Korean-American Day with a Senate Resolution. In addition, we welcomed representatives of the Maryland Korean-American community on the floor in recognition of this occasion.
By an unusual coincidence, I had received a phone call at 6:30 a.m. that same morning from Busan, South Korea. At the other end of the line (actually it was not a phone line but instead over the internet on Skype) was my son Nathan who is on a deployment with the U.S. Navy.
Nathan had called during his 3-day port visit in Chinhae, South Korea, after being at sea for over 40 days. It was the first time that we had spoken with him since before their departure from San Diego shortly after Thanksgiving.
Since Nathan was not able to attend the opening session on the previous day, I rose on the floor to share with the other Senators that Nathan was on deployment and had called by coincidence from South Korea on Korean-American Day.
Nathan was excited to talk about a community service activity where members of his ship joined with the South Korean Navy for a visit to the Jinhae Jae-Hwal-Wonorphanage and special education facility. The Navy public relations office has posted several photographs from this event on their website (click here).
I concluded my remarks on the Senate floor by asking that we be mindful of our service personnel and keep them in our prayers - especially those who serve overseas separated from their families but are working to protect the freedoms that we enjoy in the United States.
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