Full Text of HR0343 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate General John M. Green on | 4 | | the occasion of his promotion from colonel to brigadier | 5 | | general in the Illinois Air National Guard; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, General Green presently serves as a state staff | 7 | | judge advocate for the Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ) of the | 8 | | Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG) in Springfield, a position | 9 | | he has held since January 2009; he also serves as a principal | 10 | | legal advisor to the Adjutant General and the Commander of the | 11 | | ILANG; his work additionally includes coordinating the | 12 | | provision of legal services to the three Air Wings and tenant | 13 | | units of the State of Illinois; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, General Green received a direct commission to | 15 | | serve as a judge advocate of the Air Force in April 1998; prior | 16 | | to being assigned to the JFHQ, he served the 183rd Wing in | 17 | | Springfield as deputy staff judge advocate from April 1998 to | 18 | | August 2006 and staff judge advocate from August 2006 to | 19 | | December 2008; he also served as judge advocate to the | 20 | | Commander of Task Force Pelican during Hurricane Katrina and | 21 | | as senior Title 32 legal advisor to the Dual Status Commander | 22 | | for the NATO Summit in Chicago; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, General Green was previously promoted to first | 2 | | lieutenant on April 13, 1998, captain on April 14, 2000, major | 3 | | on April 20, 2004, lieutenant colonel on September 19, 2008, | 4 | | and colonel on May 22, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, General Green is admitted to practice law before | 6 | | the Supreme Court of Illinois, the U.S. Court of Appeals for | 7 | | the Seventh Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Central | 8 | | District of Illinois, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed | 9 | | Forces, and the U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In his civilian capacity, General Green serves as | 11 | | vice president of Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs | 12 | | for the Illinois CPA Society; he is also an adjunct faculty | 13 | | member at Western Illinois University, where he teaches legal | 14 | | issues and emergency management and lectures on the Illinois | 15 | | Emergency Management Act; he is additionally a member of the | 16 | | Illinois State Bar Association's Military Law Committee, the | 17 | | Illinois Attorney General's Charitable Advisory Committee, and | 18 | | the board of directors of Sacred Heart-Griffin High School and | 19 | | the Memorial Hospital Foundation; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, General Green is an Eagle Scout and a council | 21 | | member at-large of the Abraham Lincoln Council Boy Scouts of | 22 | | America; he is a past president of the Western Illinois Alumni | 23 | | Association, from which he received the Alumni Achievement |
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| 1 | | Award; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, General Green possesses a Bachelor of Arts from | 3 | | Western Illinois University in Macomb, which he earned in | 4 | | 1987, and a Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University in St. | 5 | | Louis, Missouri, which he earned in 1996; he additionally | 6 | | attended the Air War College, by correspondence, in 2013; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, General Green has received a number of awards and | 8 | | decorations, including the Meritorious Service Medal with one | 9 | | oak leaf cluster, the Air Force Achievement Medal, the Army | 10 | | Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the | 11 | | Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Humanitarian | 12 | | Service Award, the Air Force Longevity Service with three oak | 13 | | leaf clusters, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with "M" device, | 14 | | the Air Force Training Ribbon, the Illinois Military Long and | 15 | | Honorable Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the | 16 | | Illinois Military Attendance Ribbon with "8" device, and the | 17 | | Louisiana Emergency Service Medal; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, General Green's promotion ceremony will be held | 19 | | at Camp Lincoln in Springfield on June 4, 2023; therefore, be | 20 | | it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 22 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we congratulate Brigadier General John M. Green on his | 2 | | promotion in the Illinois Air National Guard, and we wish him | 3 | | the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to General Green as an expression of our esteem and | 6 | | respect.
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