Full Text of SR2008 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of John Mahlan Stevens, who passed away on | 4 | | June 9, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Stevens was born on January 16, 1963; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, John Stevens enlisted in the United States Marine | 7 | | Corps on November 29, 1982; he retired honorably in 2004, | 8 | | having served his country for more than 22 years during | 9 | | peacetime and in combat; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, John Stevens rose through the ranks from Private | 11 | | to Chief Warrant Officer-3; he served in various leadership | 12 | | roles during his military career, serving as a highly trained | 13 | | and skilled tactical communications expert; he was later | 14 | | unanimously selected for the Marine Warrant Officer Program to | 15 | | become a network management officer; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The highlight of John Stevens' military career was | 17 | | becoming a Force Reconnaissance Marine; as a member of the | 18 | | historic 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company, he was | 19 | | hand-selected to attend more than 14 of the most comprehensive | 20 | | and challenging intelligence gathering programs in the United | 21 | | States Armed Forces involving classified high-risk evolutions |
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| 1 | | and real-world sensitive joint operations at the national and | 2 | | international level; he was one of the first Marines to | 3 | | participate in a United Nations-sanctioned competition for the | 4 | | world's top military commandos and anti-terrorist specialists, | 5 | | as part of the United States Presidential "Partnership for | 6 | | Peace" initiative; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, John Stevens attended Amphibious Reconnaissance | 8 | | School, NCO Leadership School, SNCO Career Program, SNCO | 9 | | Advanced Program, the Warfighting Skills Program, | 10 | | Communications Systems School, Chief Warrant Officer Basic | 11 | | School, Marine Corps Signals Intelligence School, Network | 12 | | Management School, and numerous classified training | 13 | | qualifications; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, John Stevens was the recipient of numerous | 15 | | military awards, including the Meritorious Service Medal with | 16 | | Gold Star, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Joint Service | 17 | | Achievement Medal, the Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal | 18 | | with two Gold Stars, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with | 19 | | eight stars, the National Defense Service Medal with one star, | 20 | | the Southwest Asia Service Medal with two stars, the Marine | 21 | | Corps Good Conduct Medal with four stars, the Humanitarian | 22 | | Service Medal with one star, the NATO Medal, the Armed Forces | 23 | | Service Medal, the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait), the United | 24 | | Nations Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Kuwait |
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| 1 | | Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), the Joint Meritorious Unit | 2 | | Award with one star, a Meritorious Unit Commendation with one | 3 | | star, and the Navy & Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon; he | 4 | | earned numerous Meritorious Masts, Letters of Appreciation, | 5 | | Certificates of Commendation, and dozens of laudable service | 6 | | acknowledgment letters, reports and recommendations; his | 7 | | military breast insignias include United States Marine Corps | 8 | | Combatant Diver, Navy & Marine Corps Gold Parachute Wings, | 9 | | Special Forces Military Freefall Insignia, and Expert Rifle & | 10 | | Pistol Badges, reflecting multiple awards; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Stevens is survived by his wife, Analiza | 12 | | Stevens; his daughters, Samantha Smith and Louva and Havana | 13 | | Stevens; his son, Brandon Stevens; his mother, Aurelia "Mickey" | 14 | | Shannon Miller; his sister, Julya (John) Myers; his nephew, | 15 | | Daniel Myers; his nieces, Marcia Myers and Megan Myers; and his | 16 | | great-niece, Skylar Williams; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 19 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of John Mahlan Stevens; | 20 | | and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of John Stevens as an expression of our | 23 | | sympathy.
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