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Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Scott L. Bartley was born in Tokyo, Japan and was raised in various overseas locations, including Japan, Taiwan, and Germany.  After graduating from High School in Japan, he attended Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana where he earned two Bachelor of Science degrees in Environmental Health Science and Industrial Hygiene.  He was commissioned as an Engineer Second Lieutenant through the Purdue University Army ROTC program.

Before retiring and assuming the Senior Army Instructor position at St. James High School (Murrells Inlet, SC); LTC Bartley served in various command and operations positions, including:

  - Sapper Platoon Leader, Assault and Obstacle Platoon Leader, and Company Executive Officer with Alpha and Charlie Companies, 8th Engineer Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas

  - 555th Engineer Brigade Adjutant and Company Commander, Charlie Company, 14th Engineer Battalion, Fort Lewis, Washington

 - Chief, Field Training Exercise Branch/G3 Operations and Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General to the United States Army-Japan, Camp Zama, Japan

  - Military Transition Team Chief for 2-6-2 Iraqi National Police Battalion, Fort Riley, Kansas and Balad, Iraq

  -  Battalion Operations Officer and Executive Officer for the 864th Engineer Battalion, Fort Lewis, Washington and Kandahar, Afghanistan

  - The Professor of Military Science at the University of Guam Army ROTC program

  - Battalion Commander of the Cleveland Army Recruiting Battalion

LTC Bartley is a graduate of the Engineer Officer’s Basic Course, Field Artillery Captain’s Career Course, Command and General Staff College, the Defense Language Institute (Japanese), Airborne School, and the Sapper Leader Course. In addition to his Bachelor's degrees from Purdue University, he has earned an Associate of Arts degree in Japanese from the Defense Language Institute and a Master of Science degree in Administration from Central Michigan University.

LTC Bartley’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal; Meritorious Service Medal (5 awards), Army Commendation Medal (2), Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (2), Joint Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal (2), Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, de Fleury Medal (Bronze), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (4), North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal, Combat Action Badge, Sapper Tab, Airborne Badge, and Recruiter Badge (Silver).

LTC Bartley is married to the former Amy Lynn Nelson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has three daughters; Kate (25), Ella (23), and Grace (17). They reside in Myrtle Beach, SC.