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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On June 16, 1775, Horatio Gates was appointed as |
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| the first Adjutant General (AG); as a result, the AG Corps |
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| became the second oldest branch of the U.S. Army; Mr. Gates |
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| served as key advisor and principal assistant to General |
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| Washington; and
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| WHEREAS, Since World War II, the Adjutant General's Corps |
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| has been combat tested on several far-flung battlefields such |
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| as Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, the Persian Gulf War |
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| (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm), and, most |
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| recently, in the Global War on Terrorism; and
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| WHEREAS, While serving in support of Operation Enduring |
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| Freedom in Fort Benning, Georgia, Kuwait, and Iraq, the |
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| soldiers from the 347th AG Replacement Battalion, the 735th and |
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| 825th Replacement Companies, and the 993rd AG Company Postal |
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| have completed this task in an expedient and professional |
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| manner; and
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| WHEREAS, The following soldiers were assigned to the 993rd |
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| AG Company Postal and spent 13 months in Iraq working postal |
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| operations: 1SG Donald W. Simpson, 1LT Gerald Thornhill, SGT |
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| Dawn A. Wilkerson, CPT Lloyd L. Williams, SPC Mary M. Alberico, |
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| SSG William B. Ashmore, SSG Mark B. Campbell, SGT Jeremy D. |
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| Childers, SGT David W. Doerner, SGT Johnathon E. Dryden, SGT |
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| Carrie N. Goldstein, SPC James L. Johnson, SSG Kevin D. Kline, |
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| SPC John J. Kranawetter, SPC Amanda L. Lempera, SFC Russell L. |
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| Nicks, SSG Brandt P. Patterson, SGT Brandon P. Poracky, SFC |
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| Clay E. Swanner, and SPC Dale F. Shaw; and
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| WHEREAS, The following soldiers were assigned to the 847th |
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| Personnel Service Battalion in Kuwait for one year processing |
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| replacements and controlling soldiers going during their Rest |
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| and Relaxation Leave: SFC Roy W. Tolbert, SFC Larry W. Morgan, |
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| SFC Charles C. Hutchison, SFC Tracy R. South, CSM George J. |
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| Pizanowski, III, WOC Danny L. Chester, SFC Robert Przygoda, SSG |
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| Gary W. Childers, SGT Brandon J. Jones, SGT Eric W. Dungan, SGT |
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| Sakou Locke, SGT Donald L. Yakstis II, SGT James C. Hayes, SPC |
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| Aaron D. Irvin, and SPC Tommy L. Hamilton; and
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| WHEREAS, The following soldiers assigned to the 735th |
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| Replacement Company were deployed to Ft. Benning, Georgia, |
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| working at the Conus Replacement Center processing replacement |
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| soldiers to the theater of operation from January 2004 to |
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| December 2004: SPC Benjamin Thomson, SSG Daniel R. Johnson, SSG |
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| Robert E. Plank, SGT Kimberly S. Geppert, SGT Brad Rhodes, SGT |
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| Todd M. Werdebaugh, CPL Stephen N. Harris, SPC Matthew |
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| Williams, CPT James Hess, 1SG James Alexander, SFC Mitchell |
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| Graves, SFC Dale Reamy, SFC Douglas Fisher, SFC Bradley Smith, |
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| SSG Stephen King, SSG Benjamin Tobin, SGT Trevor Wilkerson, SPC |
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| Nathaniel Anderson, SPC Justin Etheridge, SPC Brett Madeker, |
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| SPC Oscar Rodgers, SPC Angelina Ruffino, and SSG Thomas Evans; |
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| and |
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| WHEREAS, The following soldiers assigned to the 825th |
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| Replacement Company were deployed to Ft. Benning, Georgia, |
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| working at the Conus Replacement Center processing replacement |
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| soldiers to the theater of operation from February of 2003 to |
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| January of 2004: SSG Amy Nicole Diesen, SSG Trevor Chitwood, |
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| SSG Rickey Hill, SSG Benton T. Willis, MAJ Edgardo R. Pimentel, |
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| and SSG Timothy D. Schenk; and
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| WHEREAS, The following soldiers were in Bosnia serving in |
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| the peace keeping mission for a period of one year: SGT Justin |
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| W. Hodges and SSG Jeffrey W. McIntosh; and
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| WHEREAS, The following soldiers were assigned to various |
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| units and were deployed overseas in support of Operation |
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| Enduring/Iraqi Freedom: SPC Jonathon A. Sexton, SGT |
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| Christopher N. Jones, SPC Gabriel S. Morris, SPC Jeremy S. |
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| Legrand, SPC Richard D. Gregory, CPT Eric D. Charles, SPC |
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| Johanna L. Meyers, SPC Danny R. Martin, Jr., SPC Pualani Mt |
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| Jiones, LTC Carol A. Laage, 1SG Mark A. Cherry, PFC Thomas J. |
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| Finley, SPC Joseph Gilliam, SPC Michael Lochard, SPC Miguel |
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| Lopez, SGT Jaclyn Burford, and MSG Awilda Moyet; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate these brave and courageous individuals as they |
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| are honored at the "Welcome Home Warrior-Citizen Award |
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| Ceremony" on January 7, 2006, in Mt. Vernon, and we thank them |
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| for their devotion to our country and willingness to bravely |
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| serve and defend the freedom of people everywhere; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to each of the brave soldiers listed above and to the |
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| 347th Replacement Battalion as a sign of our deepest gratitude |
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| for a job well done.
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