Senate Bill sb2674

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2674

    By Senator Lee





    10-1990A-03

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution supporting American and coalition

  3         forces in "Operation Iraqi Freedom."

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  5         WHEREAS, the men and women of our Armed Forces find

  6  themselves once again engaged on foreign soil, and

  7         WHEREAS, members of the Armed Forces from Florida

  8  include career military professionals, reservists, volunteers,

  9  and civilian-soldiers of the Florida National Guard, and

10         WHEREAS, the United States Central Command, which is

11  headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, has command

12  and operational control of the forces currently active in the

13  Middle East, and

14         WHEREAS, 5,366 reservists from communities all across

15  the state have left their families, friends, and jobs to serve

16  on active duty in all the service branches, and

17         WHEREAS, the Florida Army and Air National Guard has to

18  date activated 5,183 men and women who must also leave their

19  families and communities to apply their part-time military

20  training in front line and support positions, and

21         WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that we pause to

22  recognize these men and women and their fellow soldiers from

23  across America for their professional excellence, their

24  dedicated patriotism, and their exemplary courage, and

25         WHEREAS, we express our sincere gratitude to the

26  families of our military personnel for their dedication to

27  country during this time of separation from loved ones, and

28         WHEREAS, we express also our great pride and enduring

29  support for our men and women of the Armed Forces as they

30  respond to the call to duty and courageously answer their

31  country's call to serve, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2674
    10-1990A-03




 1  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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 3         That this legislative body proudly honors and supports

 4  the men and women of our Armed Forces for their valor,

 5  unselfish sacrifices, and dedication to duty, and pays tribute

 6  to them on behalf of this state and the people of Florida.

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