Full Text of HR0432 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Colonel Andrew O. Starr, of the United States | 3 | | Marine Corps, is a native son of the State of
Illinois; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Colonel Starr was raised in Lake Forest and | 5 | | attended Lake Forest College, graduating with
a Bachelor of | 6 | | Arts in History; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, He followed in the footsteps of his grandfather | 8 | | and his Uncle Tom, who had served in the
Marines Corps during | 9 | | World War I and World War II, respectively; in May of 1984, he | 10 | | was commissioned a Second
Lieutenant; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Upon graduation from the Ground Officer Supply | 12 | | School, he was assigned as the Maintenance
Float officer and | 13 | | later Supply Officer for Marine Air Control Squadron 4, | 14 | | Okinawa; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Upon his return stateside in 1987, he was assigned | 16 | | as Weapons Control Officer, Material
Division, at the Marine | 17 | | Corps Logistic Base in Albany, Georgia; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In June of 1990, he returned to Illinois and was | 19 | | assigned as the Marine Corps Liaison
Officer at the Rock Island | 20 | | Arsenal; during Operation Desert Storm, he worked closely with |
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personnel ensuring the right weapons systems were deployed | 2 | | to those on the front lines; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, In 1993, he was selected to attend Amphibious | 4 | | Warfare School in Quantico, Virginia; after completion of | 5 | | school, Captain Starr served as Supply Officer with the 24th | 6 | | Marine Expeditionary Unit; in March of 1995,
Captain Starr was | 7 | | stationed aboard the USS Kearsarge LHD 3) during her maiden | 8 | | voyage; while deployed
in the Mediterranean Sea, during the war | 9 | | in Bosnia, the USS Kearsarge was given the task to rescue | 10 | | downed
Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady after he was shot | 11 | | down over Bosnia; the quick planning and
reaction of the | 12 | | Marines and Sailors, in which Captain Starr played an integral | 13 | | role, determined the rescue of Captain O'Grady; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1996, Major Starr was transferred to the | 15 | | Installations and Logistics Department at the
Headquarters of | 16 | | the U.S. Marine Corps in Washington, D.C., to assume duties; | 17 | | after his tour of duty stateside,
Lt. Colonel Starr was | 18 | | deployed overseas to the III Marine Expeditionary Force, | 19 | | Okinawa, to assume
his duties as Deputy G-4; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, In 2002, he was stationed at Scott Air Force Base | 21 | | under a joint command as a Strategic
Mobility Staff Officer; in | 22 | | October of 2004, Lt. Col. Starr was assigned to U.S. Central | 23 | | Command,
and was assigned to CENTCOM's Deployment, |
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| 1 | | Distribution, and Operations Center in Kuwait to manage
airlift | 2 | | requirements for Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring | 3 | | Freedom in Afghanistan, and
Horn of Africa Contingency | 4 | | operations until March of 2006; during this time he traveled to | 5 | | many of
the globe's "hot spots" during the ongoing War on | 6 | | Terror, bringing his personal powers of persuasion,
expertise, | 7 | | and knowledge to ensure the troops in combat were getting the | 8 | | proper supplies; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, In 2005, Lt. Colonel Starr returned to Marine | 10 | | Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C., to assume duties as | 11 | | Operations Officer Life Cycle Branch; in 2008 he went to the | 12 | | Marine Corps Base at Quantico to assume duties as the Base G-4; | 13 | | and | 14 | | WHEREAS, During Colonel Andrew O. Starr's long career in | 15 | | the Marine Corps, he has served in duty stations and ports of | 16 | | call spanning the globe, from the United States to the Orient | 17 | | and "East of Suez"; he has earned awards and decorations from | 18 | | the Marines, Navy, Army, and NATO, but more importantly, he has | 19 | | earned the respect of all those he has served with that proudly | 20 | | wear the Globe and Anchor; in life, Colonel Starr embraces the | 21 | | motto of the United States Marine Corps, Semper Fidelis, and we | 22 | | wish him "Fair Winds
And Following Seas"; therefore, be it
| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we congratulate Colonel Andrew Starr on his retirement and wish | 3 | | him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to Colonel Andrew Starr as a symbol of our respect | 6 | | and esteem.
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