[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19950]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING MASTER SERGEANT TROY A. STEWART

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 8, 2005

  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to rise before you today to 
recognize the accomplishments of an American hero, Master Sergeant Troy 
A. Stewart of Essexville, MI, which is in my district. On September 10, 
the United States Marine Corps will join family and friends to pay 
tribute to Master Sergeant Stewart, as he retires from active service 
after 20 dedicated years.
  Troy Stewart was born August 29, 1966, in my hometown of Flint, MI. 
He enlisted in the Marine Corps on June 27, 1985, and was assigned to 
29 Palms CA for Communications Center School, where he graduated as the 
Academic Honor Graduate. By August 1986, Private First Class Stewart 
was promoted to Lance Corporal, and reported to Marine Wing 
Communications Squadron-28, Marine Air Control Group-28, 2nd Marine Air 
Wing in Cherry Point, NC, where he worked as a Field Message Center 
Operator. Two years later, Corporal Stewart reported for duty as the 
Divisions Enlisted Assignments Non-Commissioned Officer at Headquarters 
and Service Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, in Okinawa, Japan.
  In 1989, Corporal Stewart returned to the United States, stationed 
first at Camp Lejeune, NC, and later back at Cherry Point, where he 
also attended Non-Commissioned Officers School. Corporal Stewart 
graduated a few days before the rest of his class, due to his 
deployment as a Top Secret Courier with the 4th Marine Expeditionary 
Brigade in support of Operation Ahaus Tara in Honduras. Corporal 
Stewart returned again after that mission, and served as SORTS Non-
Commissioned Officer, Platoon Sergeant, and the Squadron's Training 
Non-Commissioned Officer.
  From 1990 through 1993, Sergeant Stewart attended Communications 
Systems Chief School as well as Drill Instructors School. In July 1995, 
he received a Meritorious Promotion to Staff Sergeant. Following his 
Drill Instructor duty, he reported to Quantico, VA, where he completed 
Air Crew School and operated as a Marine One Communicator. In January 
2002, Master Sergeant Stewart assumed the duties as the Staff Non-
Commissioned Officer in charge of the Recruiting Sub-Station in 
Saginaw, MI, the position he holds to this day.
  I would also like to acknowledge Master Sergeant Stewart's wonderful 
family: his wife, Corporal Kimberly Stewart, and their daughters, 
Desiree and Tory.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to acknowledge the life and career of 
Master Sergeant Troy Stewart. He has served his country with dignity 
and honor, and has been recognized many times with personnel awards 
including Navy and Marine Corps Commendations Medals, three Navy and 
Marine Corps Achievement Medals, the Presidential Service Badge, and 
six Marine Corps Good Conduct Medals. For 20 years, he has helped make 
our country a safer place in which to live. I ask my colleagues in the 
109th Congress to join me in congratulating him, and wishing him well 
in his retirement as well as all his future endeavors.

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