Full Text of HR0368 95th General Assembly
HR0368 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 congratulate United States Air | 4 |
| Force Technical Sergeant William E. Kuehl on his retirement; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Technical Sergeant William E. Kuehl was born on | 7 |
| July 20, 1968 in Jacksonville; he married Amy Young on December | 8 |
| 7, 1991; and
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| WHEREAS, Returning to Illinois after high school, Sergeant | 10 |
| Kuehl entered the Air Force in July 1987 and attended Basic | 11 |
| Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; upon his | 12 |
| graduation he was given a direct duty assignment to the 2853rd | 13 |
| Civil Engineering Squadron at Robins AFB, Georgia and began | 14 |
| training as an Interior Electrical Systems Apprentice; and
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| WHEREAS, In September 1991 he was assigned to the 10th CES | 16 |
| at Royal Air Force Alconbury in England where he worked as a | 17 |
| Joint Services Interior Intrusion Detection Systems (JSIIDS) | 18 |
| Specialist; he was named 10th CES Airman of the Year; in 1993 | 19 |
| he was deployed to Aviano Air Base in Italy in support of | 20 |
| Operation Deny Flight, over Bosnia, providing support for U.S. | 21 |
| Marine and Air Force air crews; and
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| WHEREAS, Technical Sergeant Kuehl was deployed to Dhahran, | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Storm and also to | 3 |
| Port Au Prince, Haiti in support of Operation New Horizons, | 4 |
| building schoolhouses for Haitian children; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, In September 1994 Technical Sergeant Kuehl was | 6 |
| reassigned to the 12th CES at Randolph AFB, Texas; in August | 7 |
| 1998, he was reassigned to the 65th CES at Lajes AB, Azores | 8 |
| where he worked as the Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge of | 9 |
| Electric Shop; in May 2000 he was reassigned to the 81st CES at | 10 |
| Keesler AFB, Mississippi, where he worked as NCOIC of the | 11 |
| electrical sections for Zones 1 and 2; and
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| WHEREAS, In December 2002 TSgt. Kuehl was reassigned to the | 13 |
| 375th CES at Scott Air Force Base, where he worked in the | 14 |
| Electric Shop as the NCOIC of Interior Electrical Systems and | 15 |
| also as Quality Assurance Evaluator and Electrical | 16 |
| Planner/Estimator for the Maintenance Engineering Section; he | 17 |
| deployed to Baghdad, Iraq and Iraqi Military Academy Al | 18 |
| Rustimiyah in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in September | 19 |
| of 2004; he also deployed to Ali Al Salem, Kuwait in May of | 20 |
| 2006 in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom; and
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| WHEREAS, TSgt. Kuehl has received many awards and | 22 |
| decorations during his career, including the Air Force | 23 |
| Commendation Medal with 4 devices, the
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| Medal with 2 devices, the
AF Outstanding Unit Award with 7 | 2 |
| devices, the AF Good Conduct Medal with 6 devices, the National | 3 |
| Defense Service Medal with 1 device, the
Iraq Campaign Ribbon, | 4 |
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Southwest Asia Service Medal, the
Global War on Terrorism | 5 |
| Expeditionary Medal, the
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal | 6 |
| with Gold Border, the
AF Overseas Ribbon Short, the
AF Overseas | 7 |
| Ribbon Long, the
AF Longevity Service with 3 devices, and the
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| AF Training Ribbon; and
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| WHEREAS, TSgt. Kuehl will remain in southern Illinois with | 10 |
| his wife, Amy, and his daughter, Emma, during his retirement; | 11 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate United States Air Force Technical Sergeant | 15 |
| William E. Kuehl on his retirement and thank him for his long | 16 |
| and valiant service to his country; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy be presented to United | 18 |
| States Air Force Technical Sergeant William E. Kuehl as an | 19 |
| expression of our esteem and respect.
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