Bill Text: PA SR202 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Welcoming home from its deployment to Iraq, the 2-112th Infantry Battalion (Stryker), 56th Brigade (Stryker), 28th Infantry Division of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-08 - Introduced and adopted [SR202 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SR202-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1488
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 202 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER AND CORMAN, OCTOBER 8, 2009
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 8, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Welcoming home from its deployment to Iraq, the 2-112th Infantry
Battalion (Stryker), 56th Brigade (Stryker), 28th Infantry
Division of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
WHEREAS, The 2-112th Infantry Battalion (Stryker), 56th
Brigade (Stryker), 28th Infantry Division of the Pennsylvania
Army National Guard was deployed to Iraq for the past year to
participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom; and
WHEREAS, The 56th Brigade (Stryker), to include the 2-112th
Infantry Battalion (Stryker), is the only reserve component
selected to be a Stryker unit; and
WHEREAS, Headquarters for the 2-112th Infantry Battalion
(Stryker) are located in Lewistown and its Company A is from
Huntingdon-Everett, Company B is from Altoona and Company C is
from Tyrone-Bellefonte; and
WHEREAS, The 2-112th deployed to Iraq with approximately 800
soldiers; and
WHEREAS, While in Iraq, the battalion was based at Camp
Liberty; and
WHEREAS, The 2-112th was part of Stryker Task Force Paxton;
and
WHEREAS, The 2-112th was assigned an area of operations in
Abu Ghraib, a very hostile sector of Iraq; and
WHEREAS, The 2-112th conducted continuous full spectrum
counterinsurgency operations from February 25, 2009, to August
12, 2009, against Al-Qaeda and insurgent forces, helping to
quell the instability caused by enemy activity; and
WHEREAS, The 2-112th conducted active and successful time-
sensitive enemy targeting in the multidivisional and hotly
contested Baghdad region of Iraq; and
WHEREAS, In addition, the 2-112th conducted operations aimed
at improving the human situation, physical infrastructure, the
economic capacity of Iraq and access to education; and
WHEREAS, Throughout their deployment, the soldiers of the
2-112th conducted their mission with courage, honor, great
competence and patriotic purpose, thereby reinforcing this
Commonwealth's pride in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's
unique and outstanding Stryker Force; and
WHEREAS, This deployment was not without the supreme
sacrifice having been made by some of the members of the
2-112th, who will not be returning with their fellow soldiers;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate extend a hearty and grateful
"welcome home" from its deployment to Iraq, the 2-112th Infantry
Battalion (Stryker), 56th Brigade (Stryker), 28th Infantry
Division of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
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