MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Davis, Flowers, Albritton, Baria, Blount, Brown, Browning, Bryan, Burton, Butler (36th), Butler (38th), Carmichael, Chassaniol, Clarke, Dawkins, Dearing, Dickerson, Fillingane, Frazier, Gollott, Gordon, Harden, Hewes, Hopson, Horhn, Hudson, Hyde-Smith, Jackson (11th), Jackson (15th), Jackson (32nd), Jones, Jordan, King, Kirby, Lee (35th), Lee (47th), McDaniel, Mettetal, Michel, Moffatt, Montgomery, Powell, Simmons, Stone, Tollison, Turner, Ward, Watson, Wilemon, Yancey
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REMEMBERING THE GALLANT SERVICE AND MOURNING THE LOSS OF UNITED STATES MARINE LANCE CORPORAL JOSHUA OSE OF HERNANDO, MISSISSIPPI, WHO WAS LOST IN ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2010, AND EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE LEGISLATURE.
WHEREAS, United States Marine Lance Corporal Joshua S. Ose, 19, of Hernando, Mississippi, was lost in action on September 20, 2010, while on foot patrol in Musa Qala, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Private Ose was promoted posthumously to Lance Corporal effective May 1, 2010; and
WHEREAS, Private Ose had been deployed with his unit to Afghanistan for less than three weeks at the time of this loss. He was a member of the 1st Battalion, 8th Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, assigned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, Josh was a 2009 graduate of Hernando High School and was an only son. He began taking an interest in the military when he was in junior high and he enlisted during his senior year. Josh was an enthusiastic marksman which he inherited from a family active in competition shooting. Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson stated that "he was the best shot in the Hernando Rifle and Pistol Club and was very excited about military service." Corporal Ose was the first child baptized by the Reverend Chip Hatcher, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Hernando who said, "Josh will always represent the noble ideals of patriotism and self-sacrifice, he loved the Marine Corps and the nation he had pledged to defend"; and
WHEREAS, carried by a Marine Honor Guard, he returned to the family he loved and was buried with full military honors on September 28, 2010, in Hernando Memorial Park Cemetery. A United States flag was flown over the U.S. Capitol in Washington on September 21, 2010, in Private Ose's honor. Hernando City flags were flown at half-staff in his honor. Survivors include his parents, Ross and Sissy Fernandez Ose, of Hernando; grandparents, Darlene and Earl Ose, of Indianapolis, Indiana; aunts and uncles, Scott and Sherry Fernandez of Hernando, Brenda and John Conrad of Tupelo, Dr. Wendy Ose of Cary, North Carolina, and Sarah Ose of Round Lake, Michigan; great-aunt Shirley Carter, and a host of cousins and friends; and
WHEREAS, since operations began in the War on Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, at least 75 soldiers or sailors with strong Mississippi ties have died in action. Josh Ose was a loving son who is counted among America's heroes, committed to our nation's safety and security. To a country, a fallen soldier means a national loss; to a community, a fallen soldier means a true hero; to a parent, a fallen soldier means a son who won't be coming home. Mississippians understand the costs of conflict, because we have paid them in the past, and it is with great pride and humility that we recognize the heroic action of this great American and Mississippian, who was the guardian of civilization as we know it today:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That we do hereby remember the gallant service and mourn the loss of United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Joshua S. Ose of Hernando, Mississippi, who was lost in action in Afghanistan on September 20, 2010, and extend the thoughts and prayers of the Legislature to his family in honor of their sacrifice and our sorrow on his passing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to the surviving family of Lance Corporal Ose and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.