[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 47 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          TRIBUTE TO COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR GEORGE E. CUTBIRTH

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 13, 2000

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it has come to my attention that Command 
Sergeant Major George E. Cutbirth is retiring after 30 years of 
exemplary service in the United States Army. He has served his country 
with dignity, honor, and integrity.
  Command Sergeant Major Cutbirth is a native of Southwest Missouri. He 
graduated from Hurley High School in 1969 and entered the Army in April 
1970. He attended Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at 
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He has held positions of increasing 
responsibility during his career, to include: Squad Leader; Repair 
Control Supervisor; Platoon Sergeant; Drill Sergeant; Senior Drill 
Sergeant; TAC Sergeant; Instructor; First Sergeant; and Battalion 
Command Sergeant Major. He has also served as the Commandant, Ordnance 
Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Command Sergeant Major Ordnance Center 
and School, Ordnance Corps Regiment Sergeant Major and Command Sergeant 
Major Combined Arms Support Command. Currently, Command Sergeant Major 
Cutbirth is serving as the Command Sergeant Major for the United States 
Army Materiel Command. He is the first ordnance soldier to hold that 
position.
  Command Sergeant Major Cutbirth has served in a variety of overseas 
and stateside assignments. They include tours in Okinawa, Vietnam, 
Italy, Korea and the Federal Republic of Germany. He also served in 
Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait during Operations Desert Shield and 
Desert Storm. Within the United States, he has been assigned to: Fort 
Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Aberdeen Proving 
Ground, Maryland; and Fort Lee, Virginia.
  Command Sergeant Major Cutbirth is a graduate of the United States 
Army Sergeants Major Academy, the 3rd Army Noncommissioned Officer 
Academy, the Drill Sergeant Academy, and numerous technical and 
functional courses. He also earned an Associate of Arts degree from 
Columbia College, Missouri, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the 
University of Maryland.
  Command Sergeant Major Cutbirth's awards and decorations include: the 
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star; the 
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters; the Army 
Commendation Medal; and Army Achievement Medal; the Good Conduct Medal 
(tenth award); the National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Service 
Star; the Vietnam Service Medal; the Southwest Asia Service Medal; the 
Humanitarian Service Medal; the Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral 
three; the Army Service Ribbon, the Noncommissioned Officer 
Professional Development Ribbon with numeral four; the Vietnam Campaign 
Medal; the Kuwait Liberation Medal; the Master Parachutist Badge; the 
Drill Sergeant Badge; the Mechanic Badge; and the Belgian Parachutist 
Badge.
  Mr. Speaker, Command Sergeant Major Cutbirth deserves the thanks and 
praise of the nation that he had faithfully served for so long. I know 
the Members of the House will join me in wishing him, his wife of 30 
years, Catherine, and his three children, Laurie, Paul and Matthew, all 
the best in the years ahead.

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