Full Text of HR0200 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to applaud the commissioning of the United | 4 | | States Navy's newest nuclear-powered submarine, the USS | 5 | | Illinois, and congratulate Commander Jesse Porter and his | 6 | | crewmembers on their appointment to the ship; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The USS Illinois (SSN-786), the 13th vessel of the | 8 | | Virginia Class, will be the first vessel in the United States | 9 | | Navy's fleet to be christened with the name of our Prairie | 10 | | State since 1897; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The USS Illinois is currently under construction | 12 | | in the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut; it is | 13 | | scheduled to be fully operational and commissioned by December | 14 | | of 2015; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The USS Illinois is 377 feet long, with a 34-foot | 16 | | beam and a 32-foot draft; it is built to sustain dives of more | 17 | | than 800 feet below the surface and will be armed to engage in | 18 | | both near-shore and deep-water missions and operations; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The submariner crew of the USS Illinois is led by | 20 | | Commander Jesse Porter, a native of Pocatello, Idaho; Commander | 21 | | Porter began his service in the Navy as an Electrician's Mate |
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| 1 | | and has since then become a most distinguished member of the | 2 | | United States Navy; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Commander Porter is a distinguished graduate of | 4 | | the Air Force Command and Staff College; he has obtained | 5 | | master's degrees in National Security and Strategic Studies and | 6 | | Engineering Management from the Naval War College and Old | 7 | | Dominion University, respectively; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Commander Porter has an extensive list of merits, | 9 | | including the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy and Marine | 10 | | Corps Commendation Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement | 11 | | Medal, and various other unit, personal, and campaign awards; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, On this voyage, Commander Porter will be leading | 14 | | 139 other brave shipmen on the USS Illinois, including the | 15 | | ship's Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander Joshua Hoops, | 16 | | the ship's Chief of the Boat, Master Chief David DiPietro, 20 | 17 | | commissioned officers, 18 chief petty officers, and 99 other | 18 | | enlisted submariners; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Submariners are required to meet rigorous | 20 | | standards in order to be demonstrably ready to face the | 21 | | grueling task of living life under the sea; these valiant | 22 | | individuals will be working 8-hour shifts, 7 days a week, for |
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| 1 | | deployment periods of 6 to 7 months out at sea; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Those aboard the USS Illinois will not only be | 3 | | carrying the name of our State across the vast and open seas, | 4 | | they will be upholding and protecting the American principles | 5 | | that we hold dear here at home; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | recognize the commissioning of the USS Illinois, applaud the | 9 | | captain and crew for their honorable appointment to the USS | 10 | | Illinois, and wish them a safe and felicitous journey; and be | 11 | | it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Commander Jesse Porter and the crew of the USS | 14 | | Illinois as an expression of our sincere appreciation for their | 15 | | service.
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