Bill Text: GA HR1932 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Georgia State Defense Force; commend
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-01 - House Read and Adopted [HR1932 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1932-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1932
By:
Representative O`Neal of the
146th
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RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the Georgia State Defense Force; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Georgia State Defense Force (GSDF) is composed of outstanding Americans
serving the Department of Defense and serving fellow Georgians without
compensation or reward; and
WHEREAS,
on February 2, 2010, the GSDF responded to a ten night operations mission to
provide medical and flight line assistance for the National Disaster Medical
System Patient Reception Area at Dobbins Air Reserve Base; and
WHEREAS,
the objective of GSDF's important mission was a coordinated response with the
Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services to provide
medical evacuation of seriously injured Haitian parolees to hospitals in the
Atlanta area; and
WHEREAS,
the GSDF assignment was to control flight line access/safety; to coordinate
patient offload procedures with the Department of Defense Medevac Crew, the
Department of Customs, and Border Protection Officers; and to coordinate the
transportation to designated Atlanta area hospitals; and
WHEREAS,
this "Healing Hands" mission was completed with flawless precision, dedication,
professionalism, and compassion and helped save or substantially improve the
lives of 50 Haitian neighbors; and
WHEREAS,
members of Operation Healing Hands 2010 included Adam Allgood, Carole Anderson,
Salih Baaith, William Barrett, Jerry Bradford, Jim Bryant, Wayne Carter, Christy
Cechman, Dan Clark, Thomas Cole, Boyd Cox, Marcus E. Davis, Allen Douglas,
Edward Faron, Robert Flavin, Terry Fretwell, Jaime Garcia, Carl Gentry, Leonard
Goodelman, Brian Griffith, Jim Grizzle, William Hale, Gary Hammonds, John
Harvey, Michael Hatfield, Paul Hildreth, Eric Horne, David Howell, Marc
Jean-Pierre, William Jenkins, Arni Katz, Sang Lau, Tom Liles, Jennifer Long,
Matt Lorton, Guilford Matthews, Richard Mattson, Angela McClendon, Ken Miller,
Richard Pope, Jonathan Ray, Mike Ray, Deborah Redling, Christopher S. Reed,
Daniel S. Reed, Mary E. Reed, William Reiner, Eric Rusca, Ron Russell, Robert
Russo, David Schacher, Robert Scuffield, Mary Ann Shamatta, Earl Simmons,
Douglas Skinner, Stephen Smith, Hector Soto, Charles Surrusco, Nicole Tapley,
Lori Thompson, Demetri Vacalis, Carol Vaughan, Mark Vaughan, Jeffrey Ulmer,
Dennis Watts, Bill Weeks, Jerry Willard, Eddie Williams, Jeff Wilson, and Sheri
Zahn; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding work of Operation
Helping Hands be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend the Georgia State Defense Force for their humanitarian and
life-saving efforts.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Georgia
State Defense Force Commanding General, Brigadier General Jerry J. Bradford.
