Full Text of HR0294 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Major General
Richard J. | 4 | | Hayes Jr. on his illustrious career and years of service to the | 5 | | State of Illinois and his country; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes served as the 39th Adjutant | 7 | | General of the State of Illinois from June 8, 2015
until | 8 | | February 7, 2019; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes was responsible for the | 10 | | operations of the Illinois National Guard and oversaw
| 11 | | approximately 13,000 men and women in uniform; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes was responsible for the | 13 | | Illinois National Guard's readiness, in order to protect
our | 14 | | State, defend our nation, and fight our nation's wars when | 15 | | called upon; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes oversaw a partnership program | 17 | | with the United States and the Polish Armed
Forces through the | 18 | | National Guard's State Partnership program; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes served for 33 years in the | 20 | | U.S. Army and the National Guard; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, After joining the Reserve Officer Training Corps | 2 | | at the University of Kansas, Major General Hayes began his | 3 | | career in 1987 when he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in | 4 | | the Kansas Army National Guard's Second Battalion, 127th Field | 5 | | Artillery Regiment as a Field Artillery Officer; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes has been deployed in the U.S. | 7 | | and abroad; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes was deployed to New Orleans in | 9 | | the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to help
with the rebuilding | 10 | | efforts; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes was deployed to Kosovo as a | 12 | | Deputy Commander as part of a NATO task force
to oversee | 13 | | Kosovo's independence from Serbia; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes participated in joint | 15 | | exercises and deployments with the Armed Forces of
Poland, | 16 | | Ukraine, Greece, Romania, Lithuania, Germany, Singapore, and | 17 | | Japan; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes holds a bachelor's degree in | 19 | | geography from the University of Kansas, a
master's degree in | 20 | | business administration from Touro University International, |
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| 1 | | and a master's degree in strategic
studies from the U.S. Army | 2 | | War College; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, After spending years as an executive in the | 4 | | engineering and construction field working for
Fortune 500 | 5 | | companies, Major General Hayes left the private sector in 2013 | 6 | | to serve as Assistant Adjutant
General for the Illinois Army | 7 | | National Guard and Director of the Joint Staff; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, In 2015, Major General Hayes was selected by | 9 | | Governor Rauner to serve as the Adjutant General of
the | 10 | | Illinois National Guard; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Under Major General Hayes, the Illinois National | 12 | | Guard led all states and territories in financial
| 13 | | accountability, established a long list of units receiving | 14 | | "most ready" classifications, achieved the Army
Guard highest | 15 | | medical readiness in the nation, hosted a visit by the | 16 | | President of Poland, and excelled in
providing military | 17 | | funerals and honors, doing so 4,327 times in 2018; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes has received numerous awards | 19 | | and honors for his military service, including
the Legion of | 20 | | Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, the National Defense | 21 | | Service Medal, the Kosovo Campaign
Medal, the North Atlantic | 22 | | Treaty Organization Non-Article 5 Medal, the Commander's |
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| 1 | | Cross, and the Star of
the Order of Merit of the Republic of | 2 | | Poland; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we congratulate Major General Richard J. Hayes Jr. on his | 6 | | retirement from
the United States Army and thank him for his | 7 | | many years of service to the State of Illinois and United
| 8 | | States of America; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy this resolution be presented | 10 | | to Major General Hayes as a
symbol of our respect and esteem.
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