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Bill 1285

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1285
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20000328
Primary Sponsor:                  Wilson
All Sponsors:                     Wilson, Hayes, Branton, Leventis and 
                                  Ravenel
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5123jm00.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20000406
Subject:                          National Guard Appreciation Day, April 
                                  12, 2000, designated as; Resolutions, Adjutant 
                                  General


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20000406  Received from House
House   20000406  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
Senate  20000405  Adopted, sent to House
Senate  20000405  Recalled from Committee                08 SG
Senate  20000328  Introduced, referred to Committee      08 SG


              Versions of This Bill

DESIGNATING APRIL 12, 2000, AS "SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD APPRECIATION DAY" IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN PROUDLY SERVING IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD AND IN GRATITUDE FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND MANY SACRIFICES.

Whereas, over 11,000 South Carolinians are proudly serving as citizen-soldiers and airmen in the South Carolina National Guard in over seventy-seven communities throughout the Palmetto State; and

Whereas, these dedicated men and women are serving our nation and our State at home and abroad as a force for global security, state emergency support, and community support; and

Whereas, during the past year South Carolina National Guard soldiers and airmen participated in the following operations:

(1) Operation Southern Watch, wherein a South Carolina Army National Guard aviation task force (Task Force 151) was deployed to Kuwait as a deterrent force to Iraqi aggression;

(2) Operation Northern Watch, wherein the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing deployed to Turkey as part of an Air Expeditionary Force flying combat missions over northern Iraq;

(3) Operation Horizontes Nuevos, wherein South Carolina Army National Guard engineers built schools and clinics to restore hope in the nation of Honduras, which was ravaged by Hurricane Mitch; and

(4) Operation Joint Guardian, wherein the South Carolina Army National Guards' 792nd Army Oil Analysis Program Laboratory deployed to Macedonia in support of NATO operations in Kosovo; and

Whereas, during the past year several thousand South Carolina Army and Air National Guardsmen were called to state active duty in support of civil authorities during the approaches of hurricanes Dennis and Floyd and in the wake of extensive flooding in Horry County; and

Whereas, the South Carolina National Guard is involved in numerous community support programs including:

(1) The Youth Challenge Academy, a program for at-risk youth in partnership with the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School;

(2) The Counter-Drug Program, which provides support to federal, state, and local law-enforcement agencies in the war against illicit drugs in the form of reconnaissance helicopters, intelligence analysts, case investigators, mail inspectors, and technical support personnel; and

(3) The Wateree Swamp National Monument Project, wherein the South Carolina Air National Guard, in concert with Air National Guard construction units from throughout the United States, has constructed a new visitor's center and has undertaken countless smaller engineering projects throughout the State of South Carolina. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, designates April 12, 2000, as "South Carolina National Guard Appreciation Day" in honor of the men and women proudly serving in the South Carolina National Guard and in gratitude for their outstanding service and many sacrifices.

Be it further resolved that copies of this resolution be forwarded to Major General Stan Spears, Adjutant General of South Carolina, and to H. Wayne Beam, Ph.D., of Beam, Shannon and Associates, P.O. Box 11863, Columbia, South Carolina 29211-1863.

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