Full Text of HR0935 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to commend Thomas Butler on a lifetime of | 4 | | service; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Butler was born in Philadelphia, | 6 | | Pennsylvania on December 17, 1964; in 1983, he graduated from | 7 | | Barrington High School and enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps; | 8 | | following the footsteps of his father James Butler, he served | 9 | | as a proud U.S. Marine and was in one of the first units
to land | 10 | | in Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert
Shield/Desert Storm; while | 11 | | serving in the Marines, he obtained his associate's degree in | 12 | | political science; he was honorably discharged in
1993; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Butler began working for a hotel and casino | 14 | | chain as a security
officer; in 1994, he attended the ALETA | 15 | | Police Academy in
Tucson, Arizona and served in law enforcement | 16 | | for
approximately seven years in Mohave County, Arizona; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Butler and his family moved to Idaho, and | 18 | | he began working for the sheriff's department in Gem County, | 19 | | Idaho; he also started working for the Albertson's grocery | 20 | | chain, where he became a manager; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Butler joined the Idaho National Guard |
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| 1 | | after the attacks on September 11, 2001 so that he could once | 2 | | again serve his country; he was deployed to Iraq, where he was | 3 | | wounded by an improvised explosive device
(IED) while on a foot | 4 | | patrol in Kirkuk; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Butler recovered and obtained
his Bachelor | 6 | | of Science in Business Administration and
Management; he become | 7 | | a recruiter for the Army National Guard; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Butler has received a number of awards and | 9 | | citations during his military career, including the Purple | 10 | | Heart (Army Service), the Idaho Cross (Army Service), the Army | 11 | | Commendation Medal (Army
Service), the Combat Action Badge | 12 | | (Army Service), the Navy
Achievement Medal (Marine Corps | 13 | | Service), the Meritorious
Unit Commendation Medal (Army | 14 | | Service), the Meritorious
Unit Commendation Medal (Marine | 15 | | Corps Service), two Navy
Unit Commendation Medals (Marine Corps | 16 | | Service),
the Combat Action Ribbon (Marines Corps Service),
| 17 | | four Southwest Asia Service Ribbons (Marine Corps Service and | 18 | | Army Service), the Kuwaiti Liberation Medal awarded
by Saudi | 19 | | Arabia (Marine Corps Service), the Kuwaiti Liberation
Medal | 20 | | awarded by Kuwait (Marine Corps Service), three Marine
Good | 21 | | Conduct Medals, five Army Good Conduct Medals, three Marine | 22 | | Overseas Service Deployment Ribbons, the Army Overseas Service | 23 | | Ribbon, the Volunteer
Community Service Medal (Idaho Army | 24 | | National Guard
Service), two National Defense Medals (Marine |
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| 1 | | Corps and
Army Service), the Iraqi Campaign Medal (Army | 2 | | Service),
the Global War Terrorism Medal (Army Service), the | 3 | | Army
Reserve Component Achievement Medal, the Armed Forces | 4 | | Expeditionary Medal (Army Service), the Army Overseas
Service | 5 | | Ribbon, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal
(Army Service), the | 6 | | Idaho Service Ribbon (Idaho Army
National Guard Service), three | 7 | | Idaho Reenlistment Ribbons (Idaho Army National Guard), two | 8 | | Basic and
Advanced Leadership Ribbons (Idaho Army
National | 9 | | Guard), 12 Expert Rifle Badges, 15 Expert Pistol
Badges, and | 10 | | the Basic, Senior, and Master Badges in Recruiting and
| 11 | | Retention; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Butler resides in Emmett, Idaho with his | 13 | | wife; they have six children, and serving their country has | 14 | | become a family affair; five out of his six children are in the | 15 | | National Guard; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we commend Thomas Butler on a lifetime of service; and be it | 19 | | further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Thomas Butler as a symbol of our respect and | 22 | | esteem.
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