Bill Text: GA HR1777 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Resolution 1777 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Civil Air Patrol; service to Georgia; recognize

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-03-22 - House Read and Adopted [HR1777 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HR1777-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 1777

By: Representative Loudermilk of the 14th

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the Civil Air Patrol for their service to the citizens of Georgia; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the Civil Air Patrol was founded on December 1, 1941, as an organization of volunteers to assist the United States military in national defense by performing aerial coastal patrols and emergency services within the continental United States; and

WHEREAS, in 1943 the capabilities of this new volunteer organization were recognized as vital to national defense, and by Presidential Executive Order, the Civil Air Patrol was assigned to the War Department and was subsequently chartered by Congress to perform three distinct missions - emergency services, aerospace education, and cadet programs; and

WHEREAS, the Georgia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol consists of over 1,800 volunteer members in 42 squadrons and six groups located throughout this state; and

WHEREAS, members of the Georgia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol have consistently volunteered their services, time, and resources to serve as an intricate component of our national defense by conducting missions in homeland security, counter drug, disaster relief, and search and rescue; and

WHEREAS, Civil Air Patrol air and ground teams perform over 90 percent of inland search and rescue missions tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center; and

WHEREAS, qualified aircrews were deployed to take aerial reconnaissance photos of flood damage in northwest Georgia in September, 2009; and

WHEREAS, Georgia Wing squadrons have been awarded the National Squadron of Distinction in 2008 and 2009; and

WHEREAS, the estimated value of the Georgia Wing members' volunteer hours in 2009 was $4.2 million; and

WHEREAS, these "flying minutemen" of the Civil Air Patrol have, since its inception, consistently provided this state with invaluable emergency services, aerospace education, and cadet programs.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize the selfless contributions the volunteers of the Civil Air Patrol have made to the State of Georgia.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to Southeast Region Commander Colonel James M. Rushing, Georgia Wing Commander Colonel Tonya R. Boylan, and Georgia Wing Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Knight III.