[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS MASTER SERGEANT ROBERT C. WHITE

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                            HON. MIKE LEVIN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 22, 2026

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor and pay tribute to Master 
Sergeant Robert C. White of the United States Marine Corps, who will 
retire this June after twenty years of distinguished service to our 
Nation. His retirement ceremony will be held on April 24, 2026, marking 
the close of a remarkable career that began two decades ago.
  Master Sergeant White's service has taken him across both the globe 
and the full breadth of the Marine Corps mission. He has served with 
Combat Logistics Regiment 3 in Okinawa, the 1st Reconnaissance 
Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Marine Forces Special Operations Command, 
and the Headquarters Marine Corps IT Center at the Pentagon. He will 
conclude his career with the 1st Marine Division, serving as the 
Division's Cyber Security Chief and Information Systems Security 
Manager, a role that reflects both the trust placed in him by his 
command and the evolving nature of modern warfare, in which our cyber 
defenses are as vital as any position on the battlefield.
  Master Sergeant White has also represented the United States with 
distinction overseas, serving at our embassies in Lome, Beijing, and 
Dushanbe. In these assignments, he stood at the front line of American 
diplomacy, safeguarding our missions and embodying the professionalism 
of the United States Marine Corps to all who encountered him.
  His record of achievement and excellence during deployments speaks to 
a career defined by answering the call of duty wherever it was made. He 
deployed to Iraq from 2007 to 2008, to Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012, 
and again to Iraq with the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force 
from 2018 to 2019. In each of these deployments, Master Sergeant White 
served alongside our Nation's finest, contributing to missions critical 
to American security, freedom, and to the safety of our allies.
  Twenty years of service is more than a measure of time. It is a 
measure of sacrifice: of holidays missed, of moves made, of long 
separations from loved ones, and of the quiet courage required to place 
duty above self, year after year. Master Sergeant White's family has 
shared in every chapter of that service, and they too deserve our 
Nation's gratitude.
  Mr. Speaker, as Master Sergeant Robert C. White prepares to 
transition to a well-deserved retirement, I ask my colleagues to join 
me in thanking him for his service, congratulating him on his well-
earned retirement, and wishing him, his wife Nicole, and their family 
every happiness in the next chapter of their lives.

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