Full Text of SR1008 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that we pay honor and respect | 3 | | to the truly great individuals who have served our country, and | 4 | | in doing so, have gone above and beyond the call of duty to | 5 | | make the ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 7 | | learn of the death of Captain Reid B. Nannen of Hopedale, who | 8 | | passed away on March 1, 2014 due to injuries sustained in an | 9 | | F/A-18C Hornet crash at the Fallon Grange Training Complex, in | 10 | | Fallon, Nevada; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Capt. Nannen was born in Peoria on October 15, | 12 | | 1981 to Dale P. and Mary Ann Hays; he graduated from Olympia | 13 | | High School in 2000, where he was a 2-year captain of the swim | 14 | | team, section leader for the drum line, member of the Elite | 15 | | Eight baseball teams in 1999 and 2000, and an Illinois State | 16 | | Scholar; following his high school graduation, he attended the | 17 | | University of Illinois, where he was a member of the NROTC | 18 | | battalion and participated in the Marching Illini Drum Line | 19 | | NROTC Drill Team; he married fellow soldier, Sarah M. Simpson, | 20 | | on August 6, 2005 in Peoria; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Capt. Nannen was commissioned a 2nd LT. in May of | 22 | | 2004 and attended The Basic School with Delta Company class |
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| 1 | | 4-04; after TBS, he attended Naval Aviation Training with | 2 | | MATSG-21 at NAS Pensacola, NAS Whiting Field, and NAS Meridian; | 3 | | he received his Wings of Gold in February of 2007 and was | 4 | | selected to fly F/A-18 Hornets; he moved to Lemoore, | 5 | | California, for fleet replacement training with VFA-125 in May | 6 | | of 2007; after finishing carrier qualification, he reported for | 7 | | duty with MAG-11 at MCAS Miramarl; in June of 2008, he joined | 8 | | VMFA (AW)-232 and deployed from May to December of 2010 in | 9 | | support of Operation Enduring Freedom 10.2 to Kandahar Airfield | 10 | | in Afghanistan; while with the Red Devils, he served as NATOPS, | 11 | | Ground Safety, Airframes, and Embark Officers; he attended | 12 | | Tactical Air Control Party training in May of 2011 and | 13 | | proceeded to Camp Pendleton, California, for duty as a forward | 14 | | air controller with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance | 15 | | battalion; he again deployed to Afghanistan from October of | 16 | | 2011 to May of 2012 with 1st LAR in support of OEF 12.1 in the | 17 | | lower Helmand River Valley in Afghanistan; he supported every | 18 | | company within 1st LAR and conducted the first company level | 19 | | helicopter operations within the battle space; he returned to | 20 | | Camp Pendleton and subsequently detached from the battalion for | 21 | | refresher training at VMFAT-101; in August of 2012, he | 22 | | transferred to VMFA (AW)-242, where he served as the assistant | 23 | | operations officer; and
| 24 | | WHEREAS, Capt. Nannen's awards and decorations include the | 25 | | NATO Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the Global War |
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| 1 | | on Terrorism Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the | 2 | | National Defense Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation, the Navy | 3 | | Achievement Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, and the Air | 4 | | Medal; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Capt. Nannen enjoyed collecting and assembling | 6 | | Star Wars Legos, loved the Drum Corps International, and had a | 7 | | great enthusiasm for military history and ancient | 8 | | civilizations; he was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in | 9 | | Hopedale; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Capt. Nannen was preceded in death by his paternal | 11 | | grandparents, "Pete" and Mabel Nannen, and Curtis and Evelyn | 12 | | Simpson; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Capt. Nannen is survived by his wife, Sarah; his | 14 | | sons, Peter Nannen and Curtis Nannen; his daughters, Betsy | 15 | | Nannen and Isla Nannen; his parents, Dale and Mary Ann Nannen; | 16 | | his sisters, Bethany Nannen Miller and Briana Nannen; his | 17 | | maternal grandparents, Raymond and Elaine Hays; his niece, | 18 | | Madeline Miller; his nephew, A.J. Miller; his mother and | 19 | | father-in-law, Dale and Dianne Simpson; his sister-in-law, | 20 | | Ellyn (Matt) Franke; his grandparents-in-law, Virgil and Jan | 21 | | Handel; and his step-grandparent-in-law, Shirley Simpson; | 22 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Captain Reid B. Nannen, and extend our sincere condolences to | 4 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Capt. Nannen as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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