Bill Text: OR HCR29 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating July 3, 2013, as Senior Chief Petty Officer Tyrone Snowden Woods Day in the State of Oregon.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HCR29 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HCR29-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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 LC 3836

                 House Concurrent Resolution 29

Sponsored by Representative BARTON

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Designates July 3, 2013, as Senior Chief Petty Officer Tyrone
Snowden Woods Day in State of Oregon.

                      CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  Whereas Tyrone Snowden Woods was born on January 15, 1971, in
Portland, Oregon, and grew up in locations around Oregon and
Washington; and
  Whereas Tyrone Snowden Woods graduated from Oregon City High
School, where he competed on the wrestling team; and
  Whereas Tyrone Snowden Woods joined the United States Navy in
1990 and became a SEAL, receiving his trident in October 1991;
and
  Whereas Tyrone Snowden Woods served multiple tours of duty in
places such as Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan and was the medical
corpsman and paramedic on SEAL teams one, three and five; and
  Whereas in 2010 Tyrone Snowden Woods retired from the Navy
after 20 years of honorable service to his country, during which
he received the Bronze Star Medal with Combat 'V,' the National
Defense Service Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal and the Global War
on Terrorism Service Medal, among other awards; and
  Whereas in addition to being a SEAL, Tyrone Snowden Woods was
also a registered nurse and certified paramedic; and
  Whereas Tyrone Snowden Woods was working as a private security
and intelligence contractor for the Central Intelligence Agency
and the United States Department of State in Benghazi, Libya,
when he perished on September 12, 2012, after saving the lives of
approximately 25 staff personnel at the United States diplomatic
mission and the Central Intelligence Agency annex, which were
under attack by militants; and
  Whereas in a statement on September 14, 2012, at the Dignified
Transfer of Remains Ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base, Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton described Tyrone Snowden Woods as
having 'the hands of a healer as well as the arms of a warrior';
and
  Whereas on July 3, 2013, Tyrone Snowden Woods will be honored
for his service and sacrifice at the annual Patriotic Tribute at
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Stadium; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:

  That we, the members of the Seventy-seventh Legislative
Assembly, designate July 3, 2013, as Senior Chief Petty Officer
Tyrone Snowden Woods Day in the State of Oregon.
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