Florida Senate - 2010                            (NP)    SR 2780
       
       
       
       By Senator Baker
       
       
       
       
       20-02433B-10                                          20102780__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the outstanding lifetime
    3         service of Major General Douglas Burnett, Adjutant
    4         General of Florida.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett began his military
    7  career in 1963, when he enlisted in the Florida Air National
    8  Guard shortly after graduating from high school in Jacksonville,
    9  and
   10         WHEREAS, following basic training at Lackland Air Force
   11  Base, in Texas, Major General Douglas Burnett attended the
   12  United States Air Force Electronics School at Keesler Air Force
   13  Base, in Mississippi, and
   14         WHEREAS, in 1969 Major General Douglas Burnett received a
   15  direct commission and attended undergraduate pilot training at
   16  Randolph Air Force Base, in Texas, and
   17         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett earned his wings in
   18  June 1970 and, after completing F-102 training, was assigned as
   19  a full-time Alert Pilot in the NORAD mission in the 125th
   20  Fighter Group, and
   21         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett was dual-qualified
   22  in both military fighter and transport aircraft in addition to
   23  flying commercially with Pan American World Airways and United
   24  Airlines, accumulating over 20,000 flying hours in the T-33, F
   25  102, F-106, C-26, C-130H, C-131, C-54, Boeing 727, and
   26  McDonnell-Douglas DC-10, and
   27         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett received a
   28  bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University
   29  of Southern Mississippi and is a graduate of the Command and
   30  General Staff College and the Air War College, and
   31         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett’s military
   32  decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service
   33  Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Air Force Commendation
   34  Medal, the Air Force Achievement Medal, the Combat Readiness
   35  Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Florida Cross, the Florida
   36  Distinguished Service Medal, and the Florida Commendation Medal,
   37  and
   38         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett currently serves as
   39  Adjutant General of Florida and is a member of the Department of
   40  Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board, is actively involved with
   41  the National Guard Association of the United States, having
   42  served two terms on the executive council, and is a past
   43  president of the National Guard Officers Association of Florida,
   44  and
   45         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett will be retiring as
   46  a two-star general on June 27, 2010, after 47 years of service,
   47  the longest serving officer in the history of the United States
   48  Air Force, NOW, THEREFORE,
   49  
   50  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   51  
   52         That the members of the Senate congratulate Major General
   53  Douglas Burnett on his outstanding service to this state and
   54  this nation and express appreciation to him for his great
   55  sacrifice in protecting the freedoms enjoyed by all Americans.
   56         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   57  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Major General
   58  Douglas Burnett as a tangible token of the sentiments of the
   59  Florida Senate.