Senate Bill 2644

    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SR 2644

    By Senator Bankhead





    8-1946-98

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution recognizing the Florida National

  3         Guard for its faithful service to both the

  4         State of Florida and the country and

  5         celebrating Florida National Guard Day.

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  7         WHEREAS, the Florida National Guard is the direct and

  8  lineal descendant organization of the first Spanish militia

  9  companies formed in St. Augustine in 1565, and the Florida

10  National Guard continues to serve the State of Florida as the

11  true and organized militia, under the Department of Military

12  Affairs and the Adjutant General of Florida, and

13         WHEREAS, during this past year the Florida National

14  Guard mobilized to State Active Duty to support the state

15  during Hurricane Danny, to perform one search operation during

16  a period of flooding in north Florida, and to carry out

17  humanitarian relief operations during the tornado recovery in

18  central Florida, and

19         WHEREAS, the Florida Army National Guard continues to

20  perform in a consistently outstanding manner in all U.S. Army

21  missions both at home and overseas, with soldiers currently

22  deployed in Kuwait, and the Florida Air National Guard

23  continues to provide for the air defense of the peninsula of

24  Florida as well as the entire southeastern United States and

25  recently received an outstanding rating on a U.S. Air Force

26  operational readiness inspection for the first time in the

27  history of the unit and currently has airmen serving in Bosnia

28  and Saudi Arabia, and

29         WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize the service of

30  the Florida National Guard by designating April 15, 1998, as

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    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SR 2644
    8-1946-98




  1  Florida National Guard Day in the State of Florida, NOW,

  2  THEREFORE,

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  4  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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  6         That the Senate officially recognizes the true and

  7  faithful service of the Florida National Guard both to the

  8  State of Florida and to the United States of America and

  9  commends and expresses great appreciation to the Florida

10  National Guard for this distinguished service to Florida and

11  the country.

12         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Florida Senate wishes

13  to recognize this service and dedication of the Florida

14  National Guard by celebrating April 15, 1998, as Florida

15  National Guard Day in the State of Florida.

16         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

17  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Major

18  General Ronald O. Harrison, the Adjutant General of the State

19  of Florida, as a tangible token of the sentiments of the

20  Florida Senate.

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