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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate United States Air 
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Force Technical Sergeant William E. Kuehl on his retirement; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Technical Sergeant William E. Kuehl was born on 
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July 20, 1968 in Jacksonville; he married Amy Young on December 
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7, 1991; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Returning to Illinois after high school, Sergeant 
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Kuehl entered the Air Force in July 1987 and attended Basic 
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Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; upon his 
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graduation he was given a direct duty assignment to the 2853rd 
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Civil Engineering Squadron at Robins AFB, Georgia and began 
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training as an Interior Electrical Systems Apprentice; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In September 1991  he was assigned to the 10th CES 
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at Royal Air Force Alconbury in England where he worked as a 
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Joint Services Interior Intrusion Detection Systems (JSIIDS) 
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Specialist; he was named 10th CES Airman of the Year;  in 1993 
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he was deployed to Aviano Air Base in Italy in support of 
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Operation Deny Flight, over Bosnia, providing support for U.S. 
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Marine and Air Force air crews; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Technical Sergeant Kuehl was deployed to Dhahran, 
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Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Storm and also to 
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Port Au Prince, Haiti in support of Operation New Horizons, 
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building schoolhouses for Haitian children; and
 
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    WHEREAS, In September 1994 Technical Sergeant Kuehl was 
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reassigned to the 12th CES at Randolph AFB, Texas; in August 
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1998, he was reassigned to the 65th CES at Lajes AB, Azores 
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where he worked as the Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge of 
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Electric Shop; in May 2000 he was reassigned to the 81st CES at 
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Keesler AFB, Mississippi, where he worked as NCOIC of the 
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electrical sections for Zones 1 and 2; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In December 2002 TSgt. Kuehl was reassigned to the 
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375th CES at Scott Air Force Base, where he worked in the 
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Electric Shop as the NCOIC of Interior Electrical Systems and 
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also as Quality Assurance Evaluator and Electrical 
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Planner/Estimator for the Maintenance Engineering Section; he 
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deployed to Baghdad, Iraq and Iraqi Military Academy Al 
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Rustimiyah in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in September 
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of 2004; he also deployed to Ali Al Salem, Kuwait in May of 
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2006 in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom; and

 
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    WHEREAS, TSgt. Kuehl has received many awards and 
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decorations during his career, including the Air Force 
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Commendation Medal with 4 devices, the
Air Force Achievement 
 


 






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Medal with 2 devices, the
AF Outstanding Unit Award with 7 
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devices, the AF Good Conduct Medal with 6 devices, the National 
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Defense Service Medal with 1 device, the
Iraq Campaign Ribbon, 
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the
Southwest Asia Service Medal, the
Global War on Terrorism 
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Expeditionary Medal, the
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal 
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with Gold Border, the
AF Overseas Ribbon Short, the
AF Overseas 
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Ribbon Long, the
AF Longevity Service with 3 devices, and the

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AF Training Ribbon; and

 
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    WHEREAS, TSgt. Kuehl will remain in southern Illinois with 
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his wife, Amy, and his daughter, Emma, during his retirement; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate United States Air Force Technical Sergeant 
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William E. Kuehl on his retirement and thank him for his long 
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and valiant service to his country; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy be presented to United 
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States Air Force Technical Sergeant William E. Kuehl as an 
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expression of our esteem and respect.