Bill Text: GA SR1415 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Southeast Bulloch High School Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-12 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1415 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR1415-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1415
By:
Senator Hill of the 4th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the Southeast Bulloch High School Junior Reserve Officers
Training Corp; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Southeast Bulloch High School Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp (JROTC)
has earned the United States Army's highest national award, Honor Unit with
Distinction, for the 19th consecutive year; and
WHEREAS,
the JROTC is a federal program sponsored by the branches of the United States
Armed Forces in high schools and was established under the National Defense Act
of 1916; and
WHEREAS,
participants in the JROTC develop good citizenship, patriotism, and respect for
the military, and with two to four years in a high school JROTC program students
can achieve a higher ranking should they pursue a career in the military;
and
WHEREAS,
the prestigious Honor Unit with Distinction is awarded to JROTC programs that
maintain the highest standards in ten major inspection areas; and
WHEREAS,
this year, the Southeast Bulloch High School JROTC earned a score of 97.7
percent, the highest score ever achieved by the program in its 19 year history;
and
WHEREAS,
Southeast Bulloch High School JROTC student leaders were Master Sergeant Caleb
Alford, 1st Lieutenant Lanny Byrd, Captain Joshua Cannon, Captain Ceilon Cryer,
Command Sergeant Major Margaret Cryer, Captain Priscilla Cryer, 1st Sergeant
Anthony Gardner, Major Jeremiah Jones, Major Nicholas Kisiel, 2nd Lieutenant
Gene Morris, Sergeant 1st Class Saliek Murphy, Lieutenant Colonel Chad Oglesby,
Sergeant 1st Class Alex Shearback, Captain Kimberly Skaarup, 1st Lieutenant
William Sparrow, Sergeant 1st Class Stephen Strickland, 1st Sergeant Gerald
Terry, 2nd Lieutenant Jared Wood, and 1st Sergeant Tyler Yarbrough;
and
WHEREAS,
this award-winning JROTC program was advised by Major Tom McElwee and 1st
Sergeant Roy Whitfield; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the extraordinary accomplishments of
these distinguished JROTC cadets be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
the Southeast Bulloch High School Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp on their
pursuit of excellence and congratulate them upon earning the most prestigious
Honor Unit with Distinction.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Southeast Bulloch High
School Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp.
