Full Text of HR0372 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 those who contribute to | 4 | | the well-being of the State of Illinois and its residents; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne earned his bachelor's degree from | 6 | | the University of Utah in 1968; he subsequently earned his | 7 | | master's degree in systems management from the University of | 8 | | Southern California in 1979; he participated in numerous | 9 | | military professional education resident courses, including | 10 | | the Department of the Navy Total's Quality Leadership Course in | 11 | | 1993 and programs at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College | 12 | | in 1983 and the Air War College in 1987; he is also certified | 13 | | as a Type 3 FEMA Incident Management Team member; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, After earning his bachelor's degree, Richard | 15 | | Jaehne was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United | 16 | | States Marine Corps; he subsequently attained the rank of | 17 | | Colonel; during his tenure, he served in Vietnam, the Far East, | 18 | | Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, and Washington, D.C.; | 19 | | he also served as the Commandant of the NATO School in | 20 | | Oberammergau, Germany and as Director of the Operations | 21 | | Department at the United States Marine Corps Headquarters in | 22 | | Washington, D.C.; he retired from the United States Marine | 23 | | Corps on September 30, 1997, after more than 29 years of active |
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| 1 | | service around the world; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne was awarded the Navy Cross while | 3 | | serving as a platoon leader with Company K, Third Battalion, | 4 | | Seventh Marine Regiment of the First Marine Division in | 5 | | connection with combat operations against the enemy in the | 6 | | Republic of Vietnam on August 28, 1969; he also earned three | 7 | | Defense Superior Service Medals, the Legion of Merit, the | 8 | | Bronze Star with Combat "V", the Purple Heart, the Meritorious | 9 | | Service Medal, two Combat Action Ribbons, the German Honor | 10 | | Cross in Silver, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with | 11 | | Silver Star; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne is the author of numerous | 13 | | publications, including "NATO School Vision 2000", which was | 14 | | presented to the Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Powers | 15 | | Europe, "Traumatic Stress, A Personal View From Combat", and | 16 | | numerous articles for professional journals and hundreds of | 17 | | speeches of note to international and U.S. crisis management | 18 | | and security forums; he is also the co-developer of the seminar | 19 | | entitled "Where the Battle Begins", which relates leadership in | 20 | | high-risk situations between the military and fire service; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne has served with distinction as the | 22 | | director of the Illinois Fire Service Institute, the statutory | 23 | | Illinois State Fire Academy; as director, he leads an |
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| 1 | | inter-agency team that has developed and delivers unified | 2 | | command training programs which meet the new National Incident | 3 | | Management System standards to first responders, local and | 4 | | elected officials, and the United States Postal Service; he has | 5 | | also supervised the delivery of more than 600,000 student hours | 6 | | of training to some 55,000 firefighters and other first | 7 | | responders annually; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne is a member of the Illinois | 9 | | Governor's Terrorism Task Force and a Co-Chair of the task | 10 | | force's Training Committee; he was a member of the Governor's | 11 | | Blue Ribbon Fire Service Committee and the Governor's Fire | 12 | | Advisory Commission; he is a past-Vice President of the North | 13 | | American Fire Training Directors; he is also a member of the | 14 | | congressionally-mandated FEMA Region V Regional Advisory | 15 | | Council; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, In 2002, Richard Jaehne developed and led a series | 17 | | of 17 homeland security planning workshops statewide | 18 | | culminating in a 2-day Homeland Security Summit, attended by | 19 | | community leaders from across Illinois and the Illinois | 20 | | Homeland Security Coordinator; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne received the Mutual Aid Box Alarm | 22 | | System (MABAS) President's Leadership Award in 2006 for | 23 | | sustained support in fire and homeland security preparedness |
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| 1 | | and programs; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne serves as a model of hard work, | 3 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 4 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we designate the new building at the Illinois Fire Service | 8 | | Institute as the "Richard L. Jaehne Building" in honor of | 9 | | Richard L. Jaehne and his many accomplishments; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Richard Jaehne as a symbol of our esteem and | 13 | | respect.
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