PERSON: Lee Busby

U.S. Marines

Colonel (Retired)

Lee Busby is an American retired military officer and sculptor. He ran as a write-in candidate for the December 2017 Alabama Senate election.

Busby is a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama and served in the United States Marine Corps. He served in Iraq and was vice chief of staff to General John F. Kelly, among other posts. In 2007 Busby was awarded the Legion of Merit in recognition of his work as deputy chief of staff, Marine Corps Forces Europe, in Europe and Africa.

Busby retired in 2013 with the grade of colonel, and as a defense contractor trained soldiers in Afghanistan

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