[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 7, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E292-E293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THE RETIREMENT OF U.S. MARINE CORPS GUNNERY SERGEANT LORENZO V. CHANCE

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                         HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 7, 2006

  Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Gunnery 
Sergeant Lorenzo V. Chance, who is retiring after more than 22 years of 
service in the United States Marine Corps.
  Gunnery Sergeant Chance was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina 
where he graduated from Cape Fear High School in 1983. He began his 
military career at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Paris Island, South 
Carolina, where he attended basic training in 1984. His assignments 
included the MOS's of Rifleman, Administrative Chief, Drill Instructor, 
and Marksmanship Instructor.
  Throughout his distinguished career, Gunnery Sergeant Chance has 
served in a wide variety of assignments in the Marine Corps including:
  September 1984-1986--Administrative Clerk, HQMC Manpower Branch;

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  November 1986-December 1987--Embarkation NCO Marine Wing Headquarter 
Squadron-1 Okinawa, Japan;
  January 1988-December 1991--HQMC Programs and Resources Division, 
Assistant Security Manager ensuring the personnel, physical, and 
information security of a division of 60 persons, hundreds of highly-
sensitive documents, and equipment;
  January 1992-June 1995--Military Entrance Processing Station 
Montgomery, AL, Processing Specialist, interviewing and processing 
thousands of applicants into the U.S. Armed Forces;
  July 1995-November 1997--Paris Island, SC, Senior Drill Instructor 
Third RTBN, K Company and, Operations Chief/Acting First Sergeant, 
Support BN, Special Training Company, a direct impact in the ``Making 
of Marines'';
  December 1997-April 2002--HQMC PP&O, Current Operations Branch, 
Marine Corps Command Center where he served as an Assistant Watch; Team 
Chief, SNCOIC Marine Corps Exercises Employment Program, and Post 9/11 
Crisis Action Team Operations Chief. During this period he was also 
assigned various other duties, including service as a Member of the 
Headquarters Marine Corps, Inspector General's Readiness Assessment 
Team, responsibility for globally inspecting Marine Corps units for 
deployment capability and, in the 2000 Presidential Inaugural 
Committee, SNCOIC of the Street Cordon.
  Finally, from May 2002 through November 2005, Gunnery Sergeant Chance 
served the 435 Members of both the 108th and 109th Congress as SNCOIC 
Marine Corps Congressional Liaison Office. He was also the Senior 
Enlisted service member to the U.S. House of Representatives during 
this period. During this period, Gunnery Sergeant Chance was 
responsible for directing, and organizing numerous congressional and 
staff delegations around the world. His attention to detail in making 
these very important trips logistically successful is noteworthy.
  Gunnery Sergeant Chance has been very effective in carrying the 
Marine's message to the halls of Congress. By his exemplary 
professional competence, sound judgment, and total dedication to duty, 
Gunnery Sergeant Chance has reflected great credit upon himself and has 
always upheld the highest traditions of the United States Marine Corps. 
He has made a lasting contribution to the capability of today's Marine 
Corps and has helped shape the future of tomorrow's Corps.
  His superior performance of his duties highlights more than 22 years 
of honorable and dedicated Marine Corps service. I know that my many 
colleagues who have come to know and rely on Gunnery Sergeant Chance 
extend to him our warmest thanks for his service and our best wishes 
for happiness and success in his future endeavors.

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