House Resolution 36 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2        BY  ALONS, ABDUL-SAMAD, ANDERSON, ARNOLD,
  1  3      BAUDLER, BELL, BERRY, BOAL, BUKTA, CHAMBERS,
  1  4        CLUTE, COHOON, DANDEKAR, DAVITT, DE BOEF,
  1  5    DEYOE, DOLECHECK, DRAKE, FOEGE, FORD, FORRISTALL,
  1  6        FREVERT, GASKILL, GAYMAN, GIPP, GRANZOW,
  1  7      GRASSLEY, GREINER, HEATON, HEDDENS, HOFFMAN,
  1  8        HORBACH, HUNTER, JACOBS, JACOBY, JOCHUM,
  1  9        KAUFMANN, KELLEY, KRESSIG, KUHN, LENSING,
  1 10      LUKAN, LYKAM, MASCHER, MAY, McCARTHY, MERTZ,
  1 11     H. MILLER, L. MILLER, MURPHY, OLDSON, D. OLSON,
  1 12     R. OLSON, S. OLSON, T. OLSON, PALMER, PAULSEN,
  1 13       PETERSEN, QUIRK, RAECKER, RANTS, RASMUSSEN,
  1 14      RAYHONS, REASONER, REICHERT, ROBERTS, SANDS,
  1 15    SCHICKEL, SCHUELLER, SHOMSHOR, SMITH, SODERBERG,
  1 16       STAED, STRUYK, SWAIM, D. TAYLOR, T. TAYLOR,
  1 17       THOMAS, TJEPKES, TOMENGA, TYMESON, UPMEYER,
  1 18       VAN ENGELENHOVEN, VAN FOSSEN, WATTS, WENDT,
  1 19      WENTHE, WESSEL-KROESCHELL, WHITAKER, WHITEAD,
  1 20      WIENCEK, WINCKLER, WINDSCHITL, WISE, WORTHAN,
  1 21         PETTENGILL, BAILEY, HUSEMAN, and HUSER
  1 22 A Resolution honoring the 132nd Fighter Wing of the
  1 23    Iowa Air National Guard.
  1 24    WHEREAS, the 132nd Fighter Wing of the Iowa Air
  1 25 National Guard, stationed in Des Moines, Iowa,
  1 26 distinguished itself by exceptionally meritorious
  1 27 service during the period from September 1, 2004, to
  1 28 August 31, 2006; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, during this period the 132nd Fighter Wing
  1 30 earned superlative ratings on its operational
  2  1 readiness inspection from the Air Combat Command
  2  2 Inspector General Team, with seventy=three percent of
  2  3 the graded areas rated either outstanding or
  2  4 excellent, resulting in an overall rating of
  2  5 excellent, the best of any Air National Guard or Air
  2  6 Force Reserve fighter unit during the past six years;
  2  7 and
  2  8    WHEREAS, 378 members of the Wing voluntarily
  2  9 deployed for both aviation and expeditionary combat
  2 10 support duties, and all of the tasked missions were
  2 11 flown, providing invaluable support to coalition
  2 12 ground forces; and
  2 13    WHEREAS, members of all of the Wing's mission
  2 14 support organizations have continued to supply
  2 15 critical expertise in diverse disciplines in support
  2 16 of the Global War on Terrorism; and
  2 17    WHEREAS, the Wing accomplished an Air National
  2 18 Guard first when it was selected as the 2006 Red Flag
  2 19 core unit == its superior performance was heralded by
  2 20 the Red Flag staff as "setting a new standard" for
  2 21 future units; and
  2 22    WHEREAS, in recognition of its ongoing dedication
  2 23 to duty and its service to America, the 132nd Fighter
  2 24 Wing has been awarded the United States Air Force
  2 25 Outstanding Unit Award; and
  2 26    WHEREAS, this award, created in 1954, is a
  2 27 decoration of the United States Air Force awarded to
  2 28 any command of the United States Air Force, including
  2 29 a Reserve and Air National Guard command, which
  2 30 performs exceptionally meritorious service,
  3  1 accomplishes specific acts of outstanding achievement,
  3  2 excels in combat operations against an armed enemy of
  3  3 the United States, or conducts with distinction
  3  4 military operations involving conflict with, or
  3  5 exposure to, a hostile action by any opposing foreign
  3  6 force; NOW THEREFORE,
  3  7    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  3  8 That the House of Representatives honors the men and
  3  9 women of the 132nd Fighter Wing of the Iowa Air
  3 10 National Guard on receiving the Outstanding Unit Award
  3 11 for their dedicated service to Iowa and the nation.
  3 12 LSB 2880HH 82
  3 13 jr:nh/je/5