Senate
Resolution
30
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
30
BY
NUNN
,
DAWSON
,
R.
TAYLOR
,
and
ZAUN
A
Resolution
congratulating
Major
General
Timothy
Orr
1
on
his
retirement
as
the
Adjutant
General
of
the
2
Iowa
National
Guard
and
thanking
him
for
his
more
3
than
40
years
of
military
service
to
his
state
and
4
nation.
5
WHEREAS,
Maj.
Gen.
Orr
enlisted
in
the
Iowa
Army
6
National
Guard
in
1978
while
still
a
senior
at
Boone
7
High
School
and
rose
through
its
ranks
to
lead
the
8
9,000-member
organization
during
a
significant
time
in
9
its
history;
and
10
WHEREAS,
Maj.
Gen.
Orr
was
originally
appointed
11
Adjutant
General
by
then-Governor
Chet
Culver
in
March
12
2009,
and
he
continued
to
serve
in
that
position
during
13
both
the
Branstad
and
Reynolds
administrations;
and
14
WHEREAS,
during
his
tenure,
Maj.
Gen.
Orr
oversaw
15
the
continued
transition
of
the
National
Guard
from
16
a
strategic
reserve
to
an
operational
force,
which
17
brought
about
unique
challenges
and
opportunities
for
18
today’s
citizen-soldiers
and
airmen;
and
19
WHEREAS,
Maj.
Gen.
Orr
oversaw
the
state’s
largest
20
federal
mobilization
since
World
War
II
in
2009-2010
21
when
the
2nd
Brigade
Combat
Team,
34th
Infantry
22
Division,
deployed
2,800
soldiers
to
Afghanistan
and
23
was
responsible
for
the
mobilization,
deployment,
24
and
training
of
another
4,200
soldiers
and
airmen
in
25
support
of
overseas
contingency
operations
during
his
26
time
as
the
Adjutant
General;
and
27
WHEREAS,
in
what
Maj.
Gen.
Orr
called
his
no-fail
28
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mission,
he
led
multiple
National
Guard
disaster
1
response
efforts
in
Iowa
and
sent
Iowa
National
Guard
2
soldiers
and
airmen
to
support
disasters
in
other
3
states
through
mutual
support
agreements;
and
4
WHEREAS,
after
the
U.S.
Air
Force
pulled
F-16
5
fighter
aircraft
from
the
132nd
Airbase
in
Des
Moines,
6
Maj.
Gen.
Orr
worked
closely
with
state
and
federal
7
leaders
to
secure
additional
missions
for
the
wing,
8
resulting
in
a
multitude
of
new
operations,
including
9
an
intelligence
surveillance
and
reconnaissance
10
group,
and
remotely
piloted
aircraft
and
cyber
defense
11
squadrons;
and
12
WHEREAS,
in
2013,
following
a
reduction
in
military
13
personnel
serving
overseas
and
on
active
duty,
Maj.
14
Gen.
Orr
conceived
the
Home
Base
Iowa
program
to
15
attract
high-quality
veterans
and
their
families
to
16
the
state
to
continue
their
military
service
in
the
17
National
Guard
and
help
fill
critical
labor
shortages
18
at
Iowa-based
employers;
and
19
WHEREAS,
after
more
than
40
years
of
service
to
20
his
state
and
nation,
and
10
years
as
the
Adjutant
21
General
of
the
Iowa
National
Guard,
Maj.
Gen.
Timothy
22
Orr
announced
his
plans
to
retire
effective
May
1,
23
2019;
NOW
THEREFORE,
24
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
all
Iowans
on
the
25
occasion
of
Major
General
Timothy
Orr’s
retirement,
26
proudly
congratulate
him
on
achieving
this
significant
27
milestone,
and
are
honored
to
stand
beside
him
as
he
28
finishes
his
more
than
40-year
military
career
devoted
29
to
the
State
of
Iowa
and
the
United
States
of
America.
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