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James L. "Scotty" Scott, II Director, Individual and Family Policy Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense/Reserve Affairs |
Scotty Scott is the Director, Individual and Family Support Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (Manpower and Personnel), Pentagon, Washington, DC. He was formerly a member of the Missouri Army National Guard and is now an Army Reserve Retiree.
Scotty was born in Joplin, Missouri. He received Bachelor of Arts (1971) and Master of Arts (1972) degrees from Pittsburg State University majoring in Speech with specialties in Theater Arts, Technical Theater and Junior College Education. He was commissioned from the Reserve Officer Training Corps in May 1971. He graduated from the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course in August 1973 and joined the Illinois National Guard in April 1974. After completing the Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course in August 1976, he served in the Illinois National Guard until October 1979 when he transferred to the Missouri National Guard. He graduated from the Command and General Staff Course in 1990, attended the Reserve Component National Security Course in 1996 and the Senior Reserve Component Officer Course in 2000.
After serving nine years as a traditional commissioned member of the Illinois and Missouri National Guards and completing unit command assignments in both states, Scotty (then Captain) Scott resigned his commission in 1983. Sergeant First Class Scott served in the Missouri Title 32 Active Guard Reserve Program as a unit Training NCO and Chief, Fire Direction Section. In 1985 he was first selected as the Battalion Operations Sergeant and then three months later, the Battalion Training Officer. In October 1985, a Federal Recognition Board reappointed him as a Captain in the Missouri National Guard while serving full-time in the Missouri Military Technician Program. In 1987 he was selected to serve in the Title 10 Active Guard Reserve Program as an Assistant Professor of Military Science at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He remained there until August 1990, when he was assigned to the National Guard Bureau, Army Directorate. From 1990 - 1997 he served in various positions in the Army National Guard Personnel Directorate including Chief, Tour Management Office, Chief, Plans, Programs and Analysis Branch and as a Full-Time Support Manpower Officer.
His military decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Army Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster.
Scotty is married to Loretta C. Scott who is employed in the Alexandria, Virginia City School System as Assistant Principal at Tucker Elementary School. They have two children, James Scott, III, currently employed as Director of Software Development for Harrison and Troxel in Boston, MA. He is married to the former Elise Metzler who is an anesthesiologist at Brigham and Women's hospital in Boston. James and Elise are the parents of Scotty and Loretta’s two grandchildren, Andrew Colin (4) and Margaret “Maggie” Elise (1 year). Their daughter, Sarah Margaret Scott, is currently an MBA and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine candidate at Colorado State University.