South Carolina S 649: Commander Cara T. L. Lowry retirement

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2025-2026 Bill 649 Text of Previous Version (May. 07, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 649

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A senate RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR Commander Cara T.L. Lowry of the 
United States Coast Guard, UPON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT AFTER twenty-eight 
YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE, AND TO WISH HER CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS 
IN ALL HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

Whereas, the South 
Carolina Senate has learned that Commander Lowry will begin a well-deserved retirement 
after twenty-eight years of distinguished service in the United States Coast Guard 
(USCG); and

Whereas, the daughter 
of Ricky and Alva Kay Myrick, Cara Lowry was reared in Dora, Alabama, and 
graduated from high school in 1997. She started boot camp less than a month 
later; and

Whereas, together with 
her beloved husband, Master Chief Petty Officer Steven Lowry, retired, USCG, 
she reared two fine children, Saylor and Victoria. Commander Lowry and her 
family moved to Charleston more than fifteen years ago while her husband was 
still on active duty in the Coast Guard and received orders there. She is a 
sustainer in the Junior League of Charleston, an advocate of National Fragile-X 
Syndrome Capitol Hill, a special needs Sunday school leader at The Church at 
Life Park, an ambassador of Our Community Listens, and a member of the Low 
Country Officer Association; and 

Whereas, when not on 
active duty, Commander Lowry works full time as an emergency management 
specialist for the Incident Management Branch Office of National Readiness and 
Response at the Strategic National Stockpile in Atlanta, Georgia; and 

Whereas, Commander 
Lowry has held and supported a variety of high-visibility assignments with 
national security responsibilities with combatant commanders. She was the USCG 
representative and lead planner for Trade Winds, 22-nation and for Obangame 
Express Nigeria, 29-nation exercises building maritime security capacity for 
partner nations; planning section critical coach for the Honolulu Mass Rescue 
Exercise BLACK SWAN; and deputy planning section chief and situation unit lead for 
the Cyber Crisis Action Team in support of Operation Blue Harvest; and

Whereas, Commander 
Lowry was selected to represent the USCG in the filming of Why I Serve 
campaign and was featured in Charleston Women magazine in the winter 
2021-22 edition, "Behind the Uniforms." Her military service has been honored 
with three Coast Guard Commendation Medals, six Coast Guard Achievement Medals, 
four Coast Guard Letters of Commendation, a Global War on Terrorism Service 
Medal, and three Armed Forces Reserve Medals with Mobilization device; and

Whereas, she has served 
in a myriad of assignments, including Global Sustainment Operations Planning and 
Assist Division Chief of the United States Transportation Command at Scott Air 
Force Base, Illinois, since 2024; Operations/Planning Officer of the USCG Port 
Security Unit 309 in Port Clinton, Ohio, from 2022 to 2024; Logistics 
Department Head of the USCG Sector Charleston from 2020 to 2022; Emergency 
Management Manager/Base Charleston Comptroller/Operations Department Head of 
the USCG Marine Safety Unit Savannah in Georgia; Joint Operations Planner of 
USCG Atlantic Area from 2018 to 2019 and Emergency Incident Manager 
Preparedness Specialist of the USCG Atlantic Area Crisis Action Team from 2017 to 
2018, both in Portsmouth, Virginia; and Contingency Planner of the USCG Sector 
North Carolina in Atlantic Beach from 2014 to 2017; and

Whereas, grateful for 
her many years of distinguished service to the United States Coast Guard, the 
South Carolina Senate takes great pleasure in extending best wishes to Cara 
Lowry as she retires on June 21, 2025, at Coast Guard Sector Charleston and transitions 
to the unhurried pace of the days ahead and to many prosperous years in her richly 
deserved retirement. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, recognize and honor 
Commander Cara T. L. Lowry of the United States Coast Guard, upon the occasion 
of her retirement after twenty-eight years of outstanding service, and wish her 
continued success and happiness in all her future endeavors.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to Commander Cara T.L. Lowry.

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