LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jon Bumstead, R-North Muskegon, on Thursday welcomed U.S. Marine Corps veteran Chief Warrant Officer 4 Thomas Drent of North Muskegon, to the state Capitol as his special guest for the Senate’s 29th Annual Memorial Day Service to honor Michigan’s fallen service members.
Drent served from 1983 to 2007 and was assigned to Marine Helicopter Squadron One from 2005 to 2007. Marine Helicopter Squadron One is responsible for the transportation of the president and vice president of the United States, heads of state, Department of Defense officials, and other dignitaries as directed by the Marine Corps and White House Military Office. A Marine helicopter with the president of the United States aboard uses the call sign “Marine One.”
