Full Text of HR1133 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Richard L. Jaehne | 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement as director of the Illinois | 5 | | Fire Service Institute; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne earned his bachelor's degree from | 7 | | the University of Utah in 1968 and his master's degree in | 8 | | systems management from the University of Southern California | 9 | | in 1979; he has participated in numerous military professional | 10 | | education resident courses, including the Department of the | 11 | | Navy Total's Quality Leadership Course in 1993 and programs at | 12 | | the Marine Corps Command and Staff College in 1983 and the Air | 13 | | War College in 1987, and is certified as a Type 3 FEMA Incident | 14 | | Management Team member; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, After college, Richard Jaehne was commissioned as | 16 | | a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps; he | 17 | | steadily rose through the ranks, eventually attaining the rank | 18 | | of Colonel; he served in numerous locations throughout the | 19 | | world during his tenure, including Vietnam, the Far East, Latin | 20 | | America, the Middle East, Europe, and Washington, D.C.; he also | 21 | | served as the Commandant of the NATO School in Oberammergau, | 22 | | Germany and as Director of the Operations Department at the | 23 | | United States Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C.; |
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| 1 | | after more than 29 years of active service around the world, he | 2 | | retired from the United States Marine Corps on September 30, | 3 | | 1997; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne was awarded the Navy Cross in | 5 | | recognition of his actions while serving as a platoon leader | 6 | | with Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment of the | 7 | | First Marine Division in connection with combat operations | 8 | | against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam on August 28, | 9 | | 1969; he was also the recipient of 3 Defense Superior Service | 10 | | Medals, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with Combat "V", | 11 | | the Purple Heart, the Meritorious Service Medal, 2 Combat | 12 | | Action Ribbons, the German Honor Cross in Silver, and the | 13 | | Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne served as the director of the | 15 | | Illinois Fire Service Institute, the statutory Illinois State | 16 | | Fire Academy; as the institute's director, he led an | 17 | | inter-agency team that develops and delivers unified command | 18 | | training programs that meet National Incident Management | 19 | | System standards to first responders, local and elected | 20 | | officials, and the United States Postal Service; he also | 21 | | supervised the initiation of more than 600,000 student hours of | 22 | | training to over 55,000 firefighters and other first responders | 23 | | every year; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne is a member of the Illinois | 2 | | Governor's Terrorism Task Force and a Co-Chair of the task | 3 | | force's Training Committee; he was also a member of the | 4 | | Governor's Blue Ribbon Fire Service Committee and the | 5 | | Governor's Fire Advisory Commission, a past-Vice President of | 6 | | the North American Fire Training Directors, and a member of the | 7 | | FEMA Region V Regional Advisory Council; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne has written numerous publications, | 9 | | including "NATO School Vision 2000", which was presented to the | 10 | | Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Powers Europe, and "Traumatic | 11 | | Stress, A Personal View From Combat", as well as numerous | 12 | | articles for professional journals and hundreds of speeches of | 13 | | note to crisis management and security forums throughout the | 14 | | world; he is the co-developer of "Where the Battle Begins", a | 15 | | seminar which relates leadership in high-risk situations | 16 | | between the military and fire service; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, In 2002, Richard Jaehne developed and led a series | 18 | | of 17 homeland security planning workshops state-wide, which | 19 | | included a 2-day Homeland Security Summit that was attended by | 20 | | community leaders from across Illinois and the Illinois | 21 | | Homeland Security Coordinator; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, In 2006, Richard Jaehne received the President's | 23 | | Leadership Award from the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System for his |
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| 1 | | work in fire and homeland security preparedness and programs; | 2 | | and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne's dedication to his profession and | 4 | | willingness to serve his community has made him a model for the | 5 | | people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we congratulate Richard L. Jaehne on the occasion of his | 9 | | retirement, thank him for his service to the people of the | 10 | | State of Illinois, and wish him many happy and healthy | 11 | | retirement years; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Richard Jaehne as a symbol of our esteem and | 14 | | respect.
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