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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING MASTER CHIEF YEOMAN, YNCM (SW) ROBERT E. MARCOTTE

ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVY AFTER THIRTY YEARS OF

DISTINGUISHED, MERITORIOUS AND EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO OUR NATION

     Introduced By: Representatives Morin, Carson, Craven, Casey, and Phillips

     Date Introduced: February 04, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Master Chief Yeoman Robert E. Marcotte was born on October 19, 1962, in

Woonsocket, Rhode Island, son of Janine Marcotte and the late Antonio Marcotte. He graduated

from Woonsocket High School in 1981, and enlisted in the United States Navy under the Delayed

Entry Program on May 24, 1984. He reported to the Recruit Training Center in Orlando, Florida

on March 18, 1985; and

     WHEREAS, After completing Recruit Training, Seaman Marcotte reported to the Naval

Technical Training Center at Corry Station in Pensacola, Florida, to attend Cryptologic

Technician Administrative "A" School. In January of 1986, CTASN Marcotte reported to the

Naval Communication Station at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, for duty as a

Mailroom/Armed Forces Courier Service Clerk. During this tour, he was promoted to CTA3; and

     WHEREAS, CTA3 Marcotte's next duty assignment was at the Naval Communication

Area Master Station, Eastern Pacific at Wahiawa, Hawaii, as an Administrative Assistant to the

Maintenance Department. In the midst of this tour, he met his wife Karen, and they were married

at Waimea Falls Park in March of 1988. After completing a short tour in Hawaii, he reported in

July of 1988, for duty at the Naval Technical Training Center at Corry Station, Pensacola,

Florida, to serve as a Legal Yeoman/Assistant Special Security Officer. He was promoted to the

rank of CTA2 early in this tour; and

     WHEREAS, In August of 1991, CTA2 Marcotte reported for duty aboard the USS

California, homeported in Bremerton, Washington, to serve as the Assistant SSO and Assistant

Security Manager. During this tour, he was promoted to the rank of CTA1 under the Command

Advancement Program. In November of 1992, he was sent back to Hawaii with orders to report to

the USS Ingersoll as the Assistant SSO and Assistant Security Manager. During this tour, he also

qualified as an Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist; and

     WHEREAS, In November of 1995, CTA1 Marcotte was ordered to report to the Fleet

Information Warfare Center in Norfolk, Virginia, to serve as the Assistant SSO. During this tour,

he was selected as Sailor of the Year and was advanced to Chief Petty Officer. In December of

1998, he reported to the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, for a five week Recruiter

Orientation Course with follow on orders to the Naval Recruiting District in Richmond, Virginia.

After serving as a Production Recruiter for his first nine months, he became a Recruiter in Charge

at the Navy Recruiting Station at Lynnhaven, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. During this

assignment, he received sixteen Gold Wreath Awards for Recruiting Excellence; and

     WHEREAS, In January of 2002, CTAC Marcotte reported aboard the Naval Security

Group Detachment Diego Garcia to serve as the Administrative Officer and Command Career

Counselor. During this tour, he was promoted to the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer. In

January of 2003, he reported to the Naval Network Warfare Command to serve as the Assistant

SSO, and during this tour, he was promoted to the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer; and

     WHEREAS, In April of 2006, CTACM (SW) Marcotte reported to the National Security

Agency to serve as the Superintendent and Senior Enlisted Leader for the Office of Military

Personnel. In February of 2009, newly promoted Master Chief Yeoman Marcotte reported to Fort

Jackson in South Carolina, for three weeks of Combat Skills Training prior to filling a GSA

position to serve as the Senior Enlisted Leader for the Secretary of the Combined Joint Staff,

Multi National Forces Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq. Master Chief Marcotte reported to Commander,

Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Eleven in March of 2013, to serve his Twilight Tour as the

Administrative Department LCPO, completing his thirty years of service; and

     WHEREAS, Master Chief Yeoman Marcotte has received numerous awards during his

distinguished military career including the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service

Commendation Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal (4 awards), the Joint Service

Achievement Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (7 awards), the Navy Good

Conduct Medal (9 awards), and numerous campaign and service awards; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Master Chief Yeoman Robert E. Marcotte on his

retirement from the United States Navy after thirty years of dedicated and devoted service to our

nation. We wish him continued success in all future endeavors; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Master Chief Yeoman Robert E. Marcotte.

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