Battle Effectiveness Award

Scott Butler is a retired United States Navy captain and fighter aviator who earned his Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia before beginning a career that would take him around the world.

He commanded Strike Fighter Squadron 32, training nearly 300 sailors through their squadron's first deployment of the Navy's newest strike fighter, and earning the Battle E, E for efficiency, as the Navy's finest squadron.

He went on to serve as military legislative fellow in the office of Senator John McCain, as operations officer of the Seventh Fleet in Japan, as commanding officer of Naval Air Station Sigonella in Italy during combat operations over Libya, and as commandant of the NATO school in Germany, educating more than 10,000 students a year from over 80 nations.

He was also an Olmsted scholar, one of just three Navy officers selected to study abroad, spending two years immersed in Prague.