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| 2 | 2 | | House Resolution 672 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Bonner of the 73 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Gambill of the 15 |
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| 15 | 15 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 16 | 16 | | Recognizing the Civil Air Patrol for their service to the citizens of Georgia; and for other |
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| 18 | 18 | | purposes.2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, the Civil Air Patrol was founded on December 1, 1941, as an organization of3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | volunteers meant to assist the United States military in national defense by performing aerial4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | coastal patrols and emergency services within the continental United States; and5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, in 1943, the capabilities of this new volunteer organization were recognized as6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | vital to national defense, and by Presidential Executive Order, the Civil Air Patrol was7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | assigned to the War Department and subsequently designated by Congress on May 26, 1948,8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | as the official auxiliary to the United States Air Force to perform three distinct missions:9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | emergency services, aerospace education, and cadet programs; and10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Civil Air Patrol's association with the United States Air Force in performing11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | these "Missions for America" as part of the United States Air Force's Total Force; and12 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, the Georgia Wing of Civil Air Patrol consists of almost 2,000 volunteer13 |
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| 30 | 30 | | members in 44 squadrons and six groups located throughout this state; and14 |
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| 31 | 31 | | H. R. 672 |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, Georgia Wing members received national recognition in 2021 by receiving the |
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| 35 | 35 | | Crisis Service Award for their efforts to support Georgia's communities during the16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | COVID-19 pandemic; and 17 |
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| 37 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Georgia Wing members, as an intricate component of our national defense,18 |
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| 38 | 38 | | volunteer their services, time, and resources to actively support Civil Air Patrol by19 |
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| 39 | 39 | | conducting missions in homeland security, disaster relief, and emergency services, search20 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and rescue, counter drug, aerospace education, and cadet programs, heavily supporting21 |
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| 41 | 41 | | hurricane relief efforts for Helene and Milton by providing FEMA and GEMA with22 |
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| 42 | 42 | | thousands of aerial images and conducting "Sundown Patrols" in South Georgia; and23 |
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| 43 | 43 | | WHEREAS, the estimated value of the Georgia Wing members' volunteer hours in 2024 was24 |
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| 44 | 44 | | in excess of $7.6 million; and25 |
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| 45 | 45 | | WHEREAS, these "flying minutemen" of the Civil Air Patrol have, since its inception,26 |
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| 46 | 46 | | consistently provided this state with invaluable emergency services, serving America's27 |
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| 47 | 47 | | communities, saving lives, and shaping futures.28 |
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| 48 | 48 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that29 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the members of this body recognize the selfless contributions that the volunteers of the Civil30 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Air Patrol have made to the State of Georgia.31 |
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| 51 | 51 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized32 |
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| 52 | 52 | | and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to the33 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Georgia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.34 |
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| 54 | 54 | | H. R. 672 |
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