Bill Text: IL HJR0112 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the section of Interstate 155 between the Delavan Exit (15) and the Hopedale Exit (19) as the "Maj. Reid B. Nannen Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HJR0112 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HJR0112-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that we pay honor and respect
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3 | to the truly great individuals who have served our country, and
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4 | in doing so, have gone above and beyond the call of duty to
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5 | make the ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Major
Reid B. Nannen of Hopedale passed away on | ||||||
7 | March 1, 2014
due to injuries sustained while training at | ||||||
8 | TOPGUN Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nevada; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Maj. Nannen was born in Peoria on October 15, 1981 | ||||||
10 | to Dale P. and Mary Ann Nannen; he married Sarah M. Simpson on | ||||||
11 | August 6, 2005 in Peoria; he graduated from Olympia High
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12 | in 2000, where he was a 2-year captain of the swim team, | ||||||
13 | section leader for the drum line, member of the Elite Eight
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14 | baseball teams in 1999 and 2000, and an Illinois State Scholar; | ||||||
15 | following his high school graduation, he attended the
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16 | University of Illinois, where he was a member of the NROTC
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17 | battalion and participated in the Marching Illini Drum Line
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18 | NROTC Drill Team; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Maj. Nannen was commissioned a 2nd LT. in May of
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20 | 2004 and attended The Basic School with Delta Company class
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21 | 4-04; after TBS, he attended Naval Aviation Training with
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1 | MATSG-21 at NAS Pensacola, NAS Whiting Field, and NAS Meridian;
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2 | he received his Wings of Gold in February of 2007 and was
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3 | selected to fly F/A-18 Hornets; he moved to Lemoore,
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4 | California, for fleet replacement training with VFA-125 in May | ||||||
5 | of 2007; after finishing carrier qualification, he reported for
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6 | duty with MAG-11 at MCAS Miramarl; in June of 2008, he joined
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7 | VMFA (AW)-232 and deployed from May to December of 2010 in
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8 | support of Operation Enduring Freedom 10.2 to Kandahar Airfield
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9 | in Afghanistan; while with the Red Devils, he served as NATOPS,
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10 | Ground Safety, Airframes, and Embark Officers; he attended
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11 | Tactical Air Control Party training in May of 2011 and
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12 | proceeded to Camp Pendleton, California, for duty as a forward
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13 | air controller with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance
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14 | battalion; he again deployed to Afghanistan from October of
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15 | 2011 to May of 2012 with 1st LAR in support of OEF 12.1 in the
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16 | lower Helmand River Valley in Afghanistan; he supported every
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17 | company within 1st LAR and conducted the first company level
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18 | helicopter operations within the battle space; he returned to
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19 | Camp Pendleton and subsequently detached from the battalion for
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20 | refresher training at VMFAT-101; in August of 2012, he
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21 | transferred to VMFA (AW)-242, where he served as the assistant
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22 | operations officer; and
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23 | WHEREAS, Maj. Nannen's awards and decorations include the
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24 | NATO Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the Global War
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25 | on Terrorism Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the
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1 | National Defense Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation, the Navy | ||||||
2 | Achievement Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, and the Air
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3 | Medal; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Maj. Nannen is survived by his wife, Sarah; | ||||||
5 | children, Peter, Curtis, Betsy, and Isla Nannen; his
parents, | ||||||
6 | Dale and Mary Ann Nannen; 2 sisters, Bethany Nannen Miller and | ||||||
7 | Briana
Nannen; and maternal grandparents, Raymond and Elaine | ||||||
8 | Hays; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
10 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
11 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of | ||||||
12 | Interstate 155 between the Delavan Exit (15) and the Hopedale | ||||||
13 | Exit (19) as the "Maj. Reid B. Nannen Memorial Highway"; and be | ||||||
14 | it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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16 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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17 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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18 | giving notice of the name the "Maj. Reid B. Nannen Memorial | ||||||
19 | Highway"; and be it further
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20 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
21 | presented to the family of Maj. Nannen and the Secretary of the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Department of Transportation.
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