Bill Text: FL S2780 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Major General Douglas Burnett/Adjutant General

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 26-14)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-16 - Introduced -SJ 00253; Read 2nd time -SJ 00253; Adopted; companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9093 (Adopted) -SJ 00253 [S2780 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S2780-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                            (NP)    SR 2780 
 
By Senator Baker 
20-02433B-10                                          20102780__ 
1                          Senate Resolution 
2         A resolution recognizing the outstanding lifetime 
3         service of Major General Douglas Burnett, Adjutant 
4         General of Florida. 
5 
6         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett began his military 
7  career in 1963, when he enlisted in the Florida Air National 
8  Guard shortly after graduating from high school in Jacksonville, 
9  and 
10         WHEREAS, following basic training at Lackland Air Force 
11  Base, in Texas, Major General Douglas Burnett attended the 
12  United States Air Force Electronics School at Keesler Air Force 
13  Base, in Mississippi, and 
14         WHEREAS, in 1969 Major General Douglas Burnett received a 
15  direct commission and attended undergraduate pilot training at 
16  Randolph Air Force Base, in Texas, and 
17         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett earned his wings in 
18  June 1970 and, after completing F-102 training, was assigned as 
19  a full-time Alert Pilot in the NORAD mission in the 125th 
20  Fighter Group, and 
21         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett was dual-qualified 
22  in both military fighter and transport aircraft in addition to 
23  flying commercially with Pan American World Airways and United 
24  Airlines, accumulating over 20,000 flying hours in the T-33, F 
25  102, F-106, C-26, C-130H, C-131, C-54, Boeing 727, and 
26  McDonnell-Douglas DC-10, and 
27         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett received a 
28  bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University 
29  of Southern Mississippi and is a graduate of the Command and 
30  General Staff College and the Air War College, and 
31         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett’s military 
32  decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service 
33  Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Air Force Commendation 
34  Medal, the Air Force Achievement Medal, the Combat Readiness 
35  Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Florida Cross, the Florida 
36  Distinguished Service Medal, and the Florida Commendation Medal, 
37  and 
38         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett currently serves as 
39  Adjutant General of Florida and is a member of the Department of 
40  Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board, is actively involved with 
41  the National Guard Association of the United States, having 
42  served two terms on the executive council, and is a past 
43  president of the National Guard Officers Association of Florida, 
44  and 
45         WHEREAS, Major General Douglas Burnett will be retiring as 
46  a two-star general on June 27, 2010, after 47 years of service, 
47  the longest serving officer in the history of the United States 
48  Air Force, NOW, THEREFORE, 
49 
50  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 
51 
52         That the members of the Senate congratulate Major General 
53  Douglas Burnett on his outstanding service to this state and 
54  this nation and express appreciation to him for his great 
55  sacrifice in protecting the freedoms enjoyed by all Americans. 
56         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with 
57  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Major General 
58  Douglas Burnett as a tangible token of the sentiments of the 
59  Florida Senate.