Full Text of HR0845 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the United States Army | 4 | | Reserve on the occasion of its 114th birthday; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, On April 23rd, America's Army Reserve will | 6 | | celebrate the generations of soldiers who, like many patriots | 7 | | before them, embraced their roles as citizen soldiers by | 8 | | continuing the proud and distinguished legacy of service in | 9 | | the Army Reserve; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The U.S. Army Reserve is the U.S. Army's sole | 11 | | dedicated Federal Reserve force, providing operational | 12 | | capability and strategic depth to the total Army and the Joint | 13 | | Force in support of U.S. national security interests and Army | 14 | | commitments worldwide; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Through the interwar years, World War II, the | 16 | | Cold War, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War, the Global War | 17 | | on Terror, and countless other crises, operations, | 18 | | emergencies, and natural disasters, warrior citizens of the | 19 | | Army Reserve have never failed to answer the nation's call; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, On April 23, 1908, Congress created the Medical |
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| 1 | | Reserve Corps, which was a group of 160 doctors formed to | 2 | | provide the nation with a reservoir of trained medical | 3 | | professionals for employment in times of national emergency; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, A month after Congress established the Medical | 6 | | Reserve Corps, President Theodore Roosevelt, one of the Army | 7 | | Reserve's greatest citizen soldiers, signed the bill into law; | 8 | | later, under the National Defense Act of 1916, Congress | 9 | | created the Officers' Reserve Corps and the Enlisted Reserve | 10 | | Corps; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, On June 24, 1921, the 76th through the 101st | 12 | | Divisions were reconstituted or constituted in the Organized | 13 | | Reserve; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Operating as an Army component and | 15 | | force-providing command, the Army Reserve has a | 16 | | congressionally authorized strength of 199,000 soldiers, more | 17 | | than 11,000 civilians, and 2,075 units; the Army Reserve | 18 | | resides and operates in every state, five U.S. territories, | 19 | | and 30 countries; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Throughout history, citizen soldiers have | 21 | | leveraged professional skills while serving in uniform; they | 22 | | have added substantial value and depth to the force with |
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| 1 | | skills, education, and expertise acquired in the private | 2 | | sector; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The U.S. Army Reserve has always been, and will | 4 | | continue to be, comprised of men and women with great talents; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we congratulate the United States Army Reserve on the occasion | 9 | | of its 114th birthday in service to the United States Army and | 10 | | this nation; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the U.S. Army Reserve as a symbol of our esteem | 13 | | and respect.
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