Full Text of HR0251 95th General Assembly
HR0251 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor Sergeant Mark A. Miles of | 4 |
| Vandalia as he returns home from his fifth tour of duty in | 5 |
| Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Mark Miles joined the United States Army after his | 7 |
| high school graduation in 1996; he received his basic training | 8 |
| at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri; while in training he received | 9 |
| instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, | 10 |
| tactics, military courtesy, military justice, first aid, and | 11 |
| army history and traditions; and
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| WHEREAS, Mark Miles also completed his Advanced Individual | 13 |
| Training as a Combat Engineer; he learned basic construction | 14 |
| and rigging operations and how to operate light and heavy | 15 |
| engineer wheeled and armor tracked vehicles, he was taught how | 16 |
| to assist in assembly and maintenance of military standard | 17 |
| float and fixed bridges, prepare and install and prime firing | 18 |
| systems for demolition and explosives, and recognize and | 19 |
| neutralize landmines, firing devices, and booby traps; and
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| WHEREAS, Mark Miles was PCS'ed (Permanent Change of | 21 |
| Station) to Fort Hood, Texas after the completion of his | 22 |
| training at Fort Leonard Wood; he was sent to Kuwait in 1997 as |
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| a part of Operation Desert Strike; he returned to Fort Hood | 2 |
| after his service in Kuwait and completed additional training | 3 |
| before finishing his service in 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, After returning to Vandalia, Mark worked at | 5 |
| different jobs and made the decision to return to the United | 6 |
| States Army in 2003; he was stationed in Germany before his | 7 |
| company was deployed to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom; the | 8 |
| Aco 16th Engineers were stationed at Camp Slayer in Baghdad | 9 |
| where they conducted route clearance, area security, ordinance | 10 |
| disposal, and search and clear missions; and
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| WHEREAS, His unit received orders to come home but were | 12 |
| turned around in Germany and ordered back to Karbala, Iraq to | 13 |
| help against the insurgency; and
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| WHEREAS, In their next deployment to Iraq, Sgt. Miles and | 15 |
| the Aco 16th Engineers began in Tal Afar, securing the border | 16 |
| with Syria, the base, and the city itself; the company was | 17 |
| split up after this and sent to places such as Ramadi and Hit | 18 |
| in the Al Anbar Province; and
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| WHEREAS, Sgt. Miles and his unit did route clearance, | 20 |
| dismounted patrols, forward operating base security, escorted | 21 |
| the explosive ordinance disposal crew, held recruiting drives | 22 |
| for the Iraqi Army and police forces, did road repairs, walled |
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| the city, and constructed an Iraqi Police station for the city | 2 |
| of Hit; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Mark Miles is expected to return to his | 4 |
| home in Vandalia at the end of April 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Miles has served five tour of duty in | 6 |
| Iraq and is looking forward to coming home to spend time with | 7 |
| his friends, and his family, including his parents, Bob and | 8 |
| Alice Miles and his sister, Jamie; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| thank Sergeant Mark Miles for his dedication to our country and | 12 |
| his time of service; we wish him nothing but the best and | 13 |
| continued success in his future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to United States Army Sergeant Mark A. Miles as a | 16 |
| symbol of our respect.
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