Full Text of HR0360 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Major General Michael | 4 | | Zerbonia on the occasion of his retirement from the Illinois | 5 | | National Guard on July 31, 2021, after 38 years of military | 6 | | service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, General Zerbonia received his Bachelor of Science | 8 | | in Criminal Justice from Northeast Missouri State University; | 9 | | he earned his Master of Arts in Strategic Studies from the U.S. | 10 | | Army War College; his military education also includes the Air | 11 | | Defense Artillery Officer Basic Course, Air Defense Artillery | 12 | | Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms Service and Staff | 13 | | School, Command and General Staff College, Defense Strategy | 14 | | Course, and Dual Status Commander's Course; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, General Zerbonia originally enlisted as a | 16 | | military policeman in the Missouri Army National Guard in | 17 | | 1983; after completing the Reserve Officer Training Corps | 18 | | program at Northeast Missouri State University, he was | 19 | | commissioned as a second lieutenant on May 9, 1986; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, General Zerbonia transferred to the active Army | 21 | | as an air defense artillery officer in 1988; he joined the | 22 | | Illinois National Guard as the assistant air defense |
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| 1 | | coordination officer with the 1st Battalion, 202nd Air Defense | 2 | | Artillery Regiment in 1991; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, General Zerbonia has served in critical roles at | 4 | | all levels of command and staff, including serving as | 5 | | commander of the Bilateral Embedded Staff Team A10 and as the | 6 | | deputy brigade commander for the Polish 12th Mechanized | 7 | | Brigade in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Ghazni | 8 | | Province, Afghanistan; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, General Zerbonia supported military operations in | 10 | | Poland, Turkey, and Germany; he was deployed to Iraq in | 11 | | support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from June 2005 to June 2006 | 12 | | and to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom | 13 | | from October 2012 to May 2013; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, General Zerbonia has served as the assistant | 15 | | adjutant general since October 1, 2015; he is the principal | 16 | | assistant in all matters pertaining to the supervision and | 17 | | management of the Illinois Department of Military Affairs and | 18 | | the Illinois Army National Guard, which consists of 10,000 | 19 | | citizen-soldiers; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, General Zerbonia has received a number of awards | 21 | | and decorations, including the Legion of Merit, the Bronze | 22 | | Star (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), the Meritorious Service Medal (2 |
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| 1 | | Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (3 Oak Leaf | 2 | | Clusters), the Army Achievement Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), | 3 | | the National Defense Ribbon, the Army Reserve Component | 4 | | Achievement Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Combat Action | 5 | | Badge, and the Bronze Medal of the Polish Armed Forces; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, General Zerbonia has spent his military career | 7 | | protecting and serving the State of Illinois and our country; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we congratulate Major General Michael Zerbonia on his | 12 | | retirement from the Illinois National Guard and thank him for | 13 | | his service to the country over the past 38 years; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to General Zerbonia as an expression of our esteem | 17 | | and respect.
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