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Retirement Ceremony Dr Butler holds the Trident that was presented to him as a re-
tirement gift by MSG Mike Remley on behalf of all the medics,
Dr Butler’s retirement ceremony was held at the conclusion corpsmen, and PJs on the Committee on TCCC. It was cast
of the meeting on 11 September. His daughter, Meredith, pre- from melted-down brass cartridge cases from expended 7.62
sented a blessing for the retirement dinner. His son Jeff was rounds. Dr Butler said “it is a truly beautiful gift and one that
unable to reschedule his shift as a rescue specialist at the I will always treasure.”
Springfield, MO, fire department, but he wrote a moving let-
ter detailing Dr Butler’s commitment to TCCC that Dr John
Holcomb read at the dinner. Jeff’s descriptions of how the en-
tire family was involved in his father’s devotion to TCCC over
the years provides a very human insight into what drove Dr
Butler. Both of these tributes can be read in their entirety at
https://jsom.us/HailFarewell.

From left: HMCM Jeremy Torissi, MSgt Shawn Anderson, MSG (Ret)
Harold ”Monty“ Montgomery, SFC (Ret) Dom Greydanus, SOCM
(Ret) Steve Viola, HMCM Mark Boyle, MSG (Ret) Chris Murphy, MSG
(Ret) Win Kerr, MSG Mike Remley, CAPT (Ret) Dr Frank Butler, HMC
(Ret) Gary Pesquera, CMDSGM Tim Sprunger, SFC Dominic Thomp-
son, MSG (Ret) John Dominguez, HSCM Glenn Royes.

Col Stacy Shackelford, the Chief of the Joint Trauma System,
presents Dr Butler with a bronzed tourniquet in recognition of
his successful efforts to re-introduce tourniquet use into the US
military. The inscription reads:
“When we started the war in Afghanistan, almost
The Butler family celebrates Frank’s most recent retirement no one in the US Military went to war with tourni-
at his retirement dinner held on 11 Sept 2019 following quets and hemostatic dressings.
the CoTCCC meeting in San Antonio.
Family members shown here from left are grandson Mitch Cantrell, In 2019, no one goes to war without them."
daughter Meredith Berwanger, wife Debbie, Frank, daughter Jen - —CAPT (Ret) Frank Butler
nifer Falk, and son Chris. Not at the dinner—but present in spirit— The Father of Modern Battlefield Medicine
was son Jeff.

Debbie Butler gets a very well-deserved standing ovation!
From left: COL Jennifer Gurney, MSG Mike Remley, Dr Mary Ann
Spott, Mrs. Debbie Butler, Dr Frank Butler, Col Stacy Shackelford. From left: Dr Frank Butler, Col Stacy Shackelford, Dr Mary Ann Spott.

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