Senate Bill sb2422

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2422

    By Senator Clary





    4-1759-06

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring the Florida National

  3         Guard and recognizing March 28, 2006, as

  4         "Florida National Guard Day" in the State of

  5         Florida.

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  7         WHEREAS, the Florida National Guard, as the military

  8  arm of the Governor and the people of the great State of

  9  Florida, has long stood ready to respond immediately in times

10  of domestic crisis or foreign war, and

11         WHEREAS, the Florida National Guard traces its roots

12  back to the first militia units of the United States, which

13  were formed in 1565 to protect St. Augustine, and

14         WHEREAS, more than 12,000 highly trained, skilled, and

15  dedicated men and women currently serve in the Florida

16  National Guard, 5,400 of them on active duty domestically and

17  elsewhere in the world as part of the Global War on Terrorism,

18  including the Florida Guard's 53rd Infantry Brigade, which is

19  deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq, and

20         WHEREAS, the balance of Florida's National Guard stands

21  in a constant state of readiness to support life and maintain

22  order in the state during natural disasters and other

23  unforeseeable crises, and

24         WHEREAS, throughout the arduous hurricane seasons of

25  2004 and 2005, the Florida National Guard demonstrated again

26  and again its vital capabilities and its dedication to the

27  residents of Florida, saving lives, bringing security to

28  devastated areas of the state, and helping people to manage

29  their lives in the midst of chaos, and also went to the aid of

30  the people of a devastated New Orleans following Hurricane

31  Katrina, and

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2422
    4-1759-06




 1         WHEREAS, in troubled times such as ours, words cannot

 2  convey our pride in the courageous work of the members of the

 3  Florida National Guard, nor our gratitude for the sacrifices

 4  made by these soldiers and their families, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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 8         That the Senate salutes the soldier-citizens of the

 9  Florida National Guard for their honorable and selfless

10  service to the people of our state and our country, and

11  recognizes March 28, 2006, as "Florida National Guard Day" in

12  the State of Florida.

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

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

15  General Douglas Burnett, Adjutant General of Florida, as a

16  tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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