Bill Text: IL HR0294 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Major General Richard J. Hayes Jr. on his retirement from the United States Army and thanks him for his many years of service to the State of Illinois and United States of America.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0294 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0294-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Major General
Richard J. | ||||||
| 4 | Hayes Jr. on his illustrious career and years of service to the | ||||||
| 5 | State of Illinois and his country; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes served as the 39th Adjutant | ||||||
| 7 | General of the State of Illinois from June 8, 2015
until | ||||||
| 8 | February 7, 2019; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes was responsible for the | ||||||
| 10 | operations of the Illinois National Guard and oversaw
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| 11 | approximately 13,000 men and women in uniform; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes was responsible for the | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois National Guard's readiness, in order to protect
our | ||||||
| 14 | State, defend our nation, and fight our nation's wars when | ||||||
| 15 | called upon; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes oversaw a partnership program | ||||||
| 17 | with the United States and the Polish Armed
Forces through the | ||||||
| 18 | National Guard's State Partnership program; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes served for 33 years in the | ||||||
| 20 | U.S. Army and the National Guard; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, After joining the Reserve Officer Training Corps | ||||||
| 2 | at the University of Kansas, Major General Hayes began his | ||||||
| 3 | career in 1987 when he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in | ||||||
| 4 | the Kansas Army National Guard's Second Battalion, 127th Field | ||||||
| 5 | Artillery Regiment as a Field Artillery Officer; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes has been deployed in the U.S. | ||||||
| 7 | and abroad; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes was deployed to New Orleans in | ||||||
| 9 | the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to help
with the rebuilding | ||||||
| 10 | efforts; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes was deployed to Kosovo as a | ||||||
| 12 | Deputy Commander as part of a NATO task force
to oversee | ||||||
| 13 | Kosovo's independence from Serbia; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes participated in joint | ||||||
| 15 | exercises and deployments with the Armed Forces of
Poland, | ||||||
| 16 | Ukraine, Greece, Romania, Lithuania, Germany, Singapore, and | ||||||
| 17 | Japan; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes holds a bachelor's degree in | ||||||
| 19 | geography from the University of Kansas, a
master's degree in | ||||||
| 20 | business administration from Touro University International, | ||||||
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| 1 | and a master's degree in strategic
studies from the U.S. Army | ||||||
| 2 | War College; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, After spending years as an executive in the | ||||||
| 4 | engineering and construction field working for
Fortune 500 | ||||||
| 5 | companies, Major General Hayes left the private sector in 2013 | ||||||
| 6 | to serve as Assistant Adjutant
General for the Illinois Army | ||||||
| 7 | National Guard and Director of the Joint Staff; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, In 2015, Major General Hayes was selected by | ||||||
| 9 | Governor Rauner to serve as the Adjutant General of
the | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois National Guard; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Under Major General Hayes, the Illinois National | ||||||
| 12 | Guard led all states and territories in financial
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| 13 | accountability, established a long list of units receiving | ||||||
| 14 | "most ready" classifications, achieved the Army
Guard highest | ||||||
| 15 | medical readiness in the nation, hosted a visit by the | ||||||
| 16 | President of Poland, and excelled in
providing military | ||||||
| 17 | funerals and honors, doing so 4,327 times in 2018; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Major General Hayes has received numerous awards | ||||||
| 19 | and honors for his military service, including
the Legion of | ||||||
| 20 | Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, the National Defense | ||||||
| 21 | Service Medal, the Kosovo Campaign
Medal, the North Atlantic | ||||||
| 22 | Treaty Organization Non-Article 5 Medal, the Commander's | ||||||
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| 1 | Cross, and the Star of
the Order of Merit of the Republic of | ||||||
| 2 | Poland; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 5 | we congratulate Major General Richard J. Hayes Jr. on his | ||||||
| 6 | retirement from
the United States Army and thank him for his | ||||||
| 7 | many years of service to the State of Illinois and United
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| 8 | States of America; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy this resolution be presented | ||||||
| 10 | to Major General Hayes as a
symbol of our respect and esteem.
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