Full Text of HR0451 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to welcome United States Air Force | 4 | | Senior Airman Andrew Turner back to the United States and thank | 5 | | him for his service to our nation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Senior Airman Turner is the son of Trustee Robert | 7 | | L. Turner and Gladys Turner of Calumet Park; he was born in | 8 | | Calumet Park, played T-Ball and Little League baseball in | 9 | | Calumet Park, attended Burr Oak School, and graduated from | 10 | | Calumet School; he played on the basketball team and graduated | 11 | | from Eisenhower High School with the class of 2002; he | 12 | | subsequently attended Southwestern Christian College in | 13 | | Terrell, Texas; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Senior Airman Turner was employed at the Calumet | 15 | | Park Recreation Center under the leadership of Trustee and | 16 | | Recreation Director Frank Snow for five years; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Senior Airman Turner serves as a military | 18 | | policeman with the 72nd Security Force Squadron of the United | 19 | | States Air Force; in January of 2007, he entered the Air Force | 20 | | and graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in | 21 | | San Antonio, Texas, where he also completed the Security Forces | 22 | | Apprentice Training Course; he was later stationed at Tinker |
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| 1 | | Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and received | 2 | | additional training from the 99th Ground Combat Training | 3 | | Squadron Expeditionary Readiness Training at Creech Air Force | 4 | | Base in Nevada; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In 2009, Senior Airman Turner was deployed to | 6 | | Aldopha Air Force Base in Iraq, where he served until his tour | 7 | | was complete; after additional training, he was deployed in | 8 | | October of 2010 to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, where he | 9 | | served until sustaining an injury; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Senior Airman Turner is married to Staff Sergeant | 11 | | Tracy Gilmore Turner, who works in the medical field in the Air | 12 | | Force; he and his wife are both stationed at Tinker Air Force | 13 | | Base; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Senior Airman Turner serves as a model of hard | 15 | | work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 16 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we welcome United States Air Force Senior Airman Andrew Turner | 20 | | back to the United States and thank him for his service to our | 21 | | nation; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Senior Airman Turner as a symbol of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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