Full Text of HR0876 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor United States Army Master | 4 | | Sergeant Shawn Gibson for her military service; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, MSG Shawn Gibson is a native of North Chicago; she | 6 | | graduated from North Chicago Community High School in North | 7 | | Chicago in 1981; she subsequently earned her associates of | 8 | | science degree from Kaplan University, with an emphasis in | 9 | | human services and child and family welfare; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1982, MSG Shawn Gibson moved to Waukegan; she | 11 | | enlisted in the United States Army on January 25, 1983; after | 12 | | graduating from basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and | 13 | | Advanced Individual Training at Fort Lee, Virginia, she was | 14 | | designated an Automated Logistics Specialist; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, During her military career, MSG Shawn Gibson was | 16 | | placed on numerous assignments in many locations throughout the | 17 | | world, including Fort Stewart, Georgia, the Conn Barracks in | 18 | | Schweinfurt, Germany, Camp Hialeah in Pusan, Korea, Fort Lee, | 19 | | Virginia, Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Fort | 20 | | Bragg, North Carolina, and Bamberg, Germany; she also spent 15 | 21 | | months in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from July | 22 | | of 2008 to October of 2009; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In January of 2011, MSG Shawn Gibson assumed | 2 | | duties as the Materiel Support Branch Non-Commissioned Officer | 3 | | in Charge of the Distribution Management Center of the US Army | 4 | | Sustainment Command at Rock Island Arsenal; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, MSG Shawn Gibson has been the recipient of | 6 | | numerous awards and decorations for her service, including the | 7 | | Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the | 8 | | Army Achievement Medal, 9 Army Good Conduct Medals, 2 National | 9 | | Defense Service Medals, the Korean Defense Service Medal, the | 10 | | Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service | 11 | | Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Army NCO | 12 | | Professional Development Ribbon w/ numeral 3, the Army Service | 13 | | Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon w/ numeral 6, the Drill | 14 | | Sergeant Instructor Badge, and the Distinguished Order of Saint | 15 | | Martin; she also received numerous coins and certificates for | 16 | | singing the National Anthem and narrating for high visibility | 17 | | ceremonies; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, MSG Shawn Gibson was the Army Sustainment | 19 | | Command's Nominee for the Congressional Caucus for Women's | 20 | | Issues 2011; she was the recipient of resolutions from the | 21 | | Mayors of Waukegan and North Chicago for being an outstanding | 22 | | and heroic member of their communities; she was designated the | 23 | | 2005 First Installation Military Idol at Fort Lee, Virginia; |
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| 1 | | she was inducted as an Alumnus of the Office of the | 2 | | Quartermaster General; she also served as an Army Family Action | 3 | | Committee Delegate 2010 and 2011 at the Rock Island Arsenal and | 4 | | is a Life Member of the prestigious United States Army Corps of | 5 | | Quartermasters; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, MSG Shawn Gibson is retiring from the United | 7 | | States Army after 29 years of honorable military service; she | 8 | | is currently employed at the Rock Island Arsenal as a | 9 | | contractor with Veteran Solutions Incorporated; she is the | 10 | | mother of 2 children, Devante' and Jaylen; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, MSG Shawn Gibson serves as a model of hard work, | 12 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 13 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we honor United States Army Master Sergeant Shawn Gibson for | 17 | | her military service and wish her continued success and | 18 | | happiness in the future; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to MSG Shawn Gibson as a symbol of our esteem and | 21 | | respect.
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