House Resolution 37 - 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 133rd Test Squadron of the
  1 23    Iowa Air National Guard for its ongoing role in the
  1 24    Global War on Terror.
  1 25    WHEREAS, the 133rd Test Squadron of the Iowa Air
  1 26 National Guard stationed in Fort Dodge, Iowa, is the
  1 27 only command and control test squadron in the United
  1 28 States Air Force; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, the 133rd is chartered with ensuring that
  1 30 all air force and joint military systems are being
  2  1 thoroughly tested prior to being delivered to the
  2  2 war=fighters as system upgrades and modernization of
  2  3 command and control systems; and
  2  4    WHEREAS, the 133rd consists of 32 full=time
  2  5 technicians and 100 traditional guardsmen for a total
  2  6 132 personnel; and
  2  7    WHEREAS, since the tragedy of 9/11, unit personnel
  2  8 have volunteered to complete 2,100 man=days in support
  2  9 of various deployments related to the Global War on
  2 10 Terror; and
  2 11    WHEREAS, services provided by the 133rd include:
  2 12 providing specialized hands=on training for newly
  2 13 designed command and control centers around the world
  2 14 ensuring maximum user ease and proficiency in waging
  2 15 the Global War on Terror; providing data link support
  2 16 for newly developed NORAD systems ensuring the
  2 17 exchange of data between the United States and our
  2 18 Canadian allies is correct; successful development and
  2 19 implementation of the battlefield universal gateway
  2 20 equipment in North Africa and nonorganic radar access
  2 21 in Iraq and Afghanistan, allowing all coalition ground
  2 22 troops to interface with each other and airborne
  2 23 assets; preventing any instances of fratricide; and
  2 24 solving complex radar data sharing problems which
  2 25 resulted in a safe, secure, and successful G8 Summit
  2 26 in 2004 allowing world leaders to discuss current
  2 27 worldwide problems and solutions free from the threat
  2 28 of terrorism; and
  2 29    WHEREAS, in 2006 alone the 133rd conducted 20 test
  2 30 or training events totaling 1,545 man=days and won the
  3  1 State Air Family Readiness Group of the Year Award,
  3  2 members of the unit won the State Air Family Readiness
  3  3 Individual of the Year Award and the Senior Master
  3  4 Sergeant Exceptional Promotion Program, and the unit
  3  5 had a unit compliance inspection with a 96 percent
  3  6 compliance rate; NOW THEREFORE,
  3  7    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  3  8 That the House of Representatives honors the members
  3  9 of the 133rd Test Squadron of the Iowa Air National
  3 10 Guard for their ongoing commitment to excellence and
  3 11 thanks them for their service to America and the world
  3 12 in the continuing Global War on Terror.
  3 13 LSB 2882HH 82
  3 14 jr:nh/je/5