[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 85 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1041]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING STEVE L. BUTTS OF HERNANDO, FLORIDA

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                         HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 21, 2008

  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor 
Steve L. Butts, a veteran from Hernando, Florida who has recently been 
recognized with the Saint Martin Award, a tribute given under the 
authority of the U.S. Army Quartermaster General.
  At the age of 17, Mr. Butts enlisted in the Army, and was sent to 
Quartermaster School in Ft. Lee, Virginia, eventually rising to the 
rank of sergeant. Assigned to the 1st LOG Command in Vietnam during 
1969, Sgt Butts then served with the 2nd LOG Command in Okinawa in 
1970. Prior to his retirement in 1989, Butts was appointed to warrant 
officer and was commissioned at West Point Academy. In addition to his 
service in Panama, Germany, Italy, France, England, Ireland, Turkey, 
Afghanistan, Korea, Japan, Spain, Netherlands and Greenland, Mr. Butts 
was sent to Lockerbie, Scotland as part of the team investigating the 
wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103, for which he was awarded the Meritorious 
Service Medal 5th OLC.
  For his two decades of service to the Army Quartermasters, Mr. Butts 
was recently honored with the Saint Martin Award for distinguished 
service to the military. Martin was a Roman soldier who served during 
the time of Emperor Constantine and who during a campaign in Gaul 
kindly gave half of his warm cloak to a beggar who had been ignored by 
the rest of his troops. That evening Martin was visited by the Lord, 
who praised him for his kindness toward the poor beggar. Today, Saint 
Martin serves as the patron saint of the Quartermaster Regiment and 
lends his name to the award recently bestowed upon Steve Butts for his 
lifetime of service to the Army Quartermasters. The award recognized 
not just his years of military service, but also his continued 
commitment to the men and women who serve today in the Army 
Quartermaster units throughout the world.
  Madam Speaker, it is veterans like Steve Butts who have served our 
Nation with honor and distinction and who deserve our praise and 
recognition. Completing his service and retiring from the Army, Mr. 
Butts continued to work with the Quartermaster regiments around the 
world, serving as an example for all men and women seeking to serve our 
great Nation. I congratulate Steve on his well deserved recognition and 
hope that he continues his service to the Quartermasters for many years 
to come.

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