[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 160 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2076]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT SCOT T. MOREFIELD

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 7, 2010

  Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
an outstanding Marine, Master Gunnery Sergeant Scot T. Morefield.
  Master Gunnery Sergeant Morefield enlisted in the Marine Corps on 
November 9, 1978 at age 17. On June 30, 2010, he retired after 30 years 
of honorable service to the Marine Corps, and to our country.
  His military career began after graduating from recruit training and 
infantry training school he attended aviation structures school, 
finishing as the academic honor graduate. MGySgt. Morefield was then 
assigned to an A-4 Skyhawk squadron where he served from 1980 to 1983. 
During that time he made numerous deployments to Asia. In 1983 he 
received an honorable discharge.
  After briefly working for Lentini Aviation in Troy, Michigan, and 
Lockheed Martin in Marietta, GA, he started his own construction 
company.
  In 1987, while still running his construction business, MGySgt. 
Morefield re-enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserves as a Combat 
Engineer. He graduated the Combat Engineer School at Camp Lejeune in 
1990 as the academic honor graduate.
  In 1991, he received orders to return to Michigan where he continued 
his service assignment as a Marine Corps recruiter and a Staff 
Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of two Lansing, Michigan substations. 
Notably, he served at various times as both the Recruiter Instructor 
and the Operations Chief for the Lansing station before his retirement 
this June.
  Master Gunnery Sergeant Scot Morefield's personal awards include the 
Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal 
and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Gold Star.
  I am proud to rise today to celebrate this Marine's service and 
commitment to our country. I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking 
MGySgt. Morefield for his devotion to our mutual cause of national 
defense and wish him the best in his retirement.

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