4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, It is appropriate to remember the many sacrifices |
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5 | 5 | | 3 and contributions to the cause of freedom made by the |
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6 | 6 | | 4 outstanding men and women who served in the United States |
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7 | 7 | | 5 Armed Forces; and |
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8 | 8 | | 6 WHEREAS, Corporal Nathan Carlson was born in Rockford; he |
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9 | 9 | | 7 graduated from Harlem High School in 2019, where he was |
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10 | 10 | | 8 captain of the swim team; upon graduation, he enlisted into |
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11 | 11 | | 9 the U.S. Marine Corps and attended boot camp at Marine Corps |
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12 | 12 | | 10 Recruit Depot San Diego; he graduated from boot camp in August |
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13 | 13 | | 11 2019 and officially earned the title of Marine; and |
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14 | 14 | | 12 WHEREAS, CPL Carlson then reported to the School of |
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15 | 15 | | 13 Infantry in Camp Pendleton, California, where he attended |
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16 | 16 | | 14 Marine Combat Training (MCT); and |
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17 | 17 | | 15 WHEREAS, Upon completing MCT, CPL Carlson attended Naval |
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18 | 18 | | 16 Aircrew candidate School in Pensacola, Florida, where he |
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19 | 19 | | 17 received water survival training; in January 2020, he reported |
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20 | 20 | | 18 to the Center of Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT) at |
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21 | 21 | | 19 Marine Corps Air Station New River, where he learned the basic |
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22 | 22 | | 20 technical skills of a MV-22B mechanic; upon graduating CNATT, |
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23 | 23 | | 21 he attended Marine Air Group 26 (MAG-26) for initial crew |
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24 | 24 | | 22 chief training on the MV-22B at Marine Medium Tiltrotor |
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33 | 33 | | 1 Training Squadron 204; on September 11, 2020, he was winged |
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34 | 34 | | 2 and officially became a Naval Aircrewman; and |
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35 | 35 | | 3 WHEREAS, In September 2020, CPL Carlson then reported to |
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36 | 36 | | 4 MAG-39, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364 (VMM-364), where, |
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37 | 37 | | 5 in the course of his duties, he was promoted to the rank of |
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38 | 38 | | 6 corporal and served as a leader in the Flight Line Division as |
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39 | 39 | | 7 a Basic Instructor Crew Chief and Plane Captain; and |
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40 | 40 | | 8 WHEREAS, In October 2020, CPL Carlson participated in |
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41 | 41 | | 9 Service Level Training Exercise 21-1; in April 2021, he was |
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42 | 42 | | 10 deployed with the squadron to Special Purpose Marine Air |
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43 | 43 | | 11 Ground Task Force Crisis Response Central Command based |
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44 | 44 | | 12 out of Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait and Prince Sultan Air Base, |
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45 | 45 | | 13 Saudi Arabia; and |
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46 | 46 | | 14 WHEREAS, Upon returning from deployment, CPL Carlson |
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47 | 47 | | 15 married the love of his life, Emily Baxter; he would go on to |
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48 | 48 | | 16 begin training to become a Low Altitude Tactics instructor, |
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49 | 49 | | 17 Night Systems instructor, Tail Gunnery Instructor, and |
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50 | 50 | | 18 Collateral Duty Inspector; he amassed over 500 total flight |
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51 | 51 | | 19 hours and over 70 combat hours while at VMM-364; and |
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52 | 52 | | 20 WHEREAS, CPL Carlson was killed in the line of duty during |
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53 | 53 | | 21 a military training exercise on June 8, 2022; and |
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64 | 64 | | 1 WHEREAS, CPL Carlson is survived by his wife, Emily |
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65 | 65 | | 2 Baxter-Carlson; his parents, Karrie and Eric Carlson; his |
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66 | 66 | | 3 sisters, Casey and Mylee Carlson; and many close family and |
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67 | 67 | | 4 friends; and |
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68 | 68 | | 5 WHEREAS, CPL Carlson will forever be remembered as a |
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69 | 69 | | 6 loving husband, son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, and |
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70 | 70 | | 7 friend; therefore, be it |
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71 | 71 | | 8 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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72 | 72 | | 9 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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73 | 73 | | 10 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of |
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74 | 74 | | 11 Alpine Road from Harlem Road to Illinois Route 73 as the "CPL |
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75 | 75 | | 12 Nathan Carlson Memorial Highway"; and be it further |
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76 | 76 | | 13 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation |
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77 | 77 | | 14 is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with |
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78 | 78 | | 15 State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs |
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79 | 79 | | 16 giving notice of the name of "CPL Nathan Carlson Memorial |
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80 | 80 | | 17 Highway"; and be it further |
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81 | 81 | | 18 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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82 | 82 | | 19 presented to the family of CPL Carlson, the Secretary of |
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83 | 83 | | 20 Transportation, the Principle of Harlem High School, the |
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84 | 84 | | 21 Village President of Machesney Park, and the Mayor of Loves |
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85 | 85 | | 22 Park. |
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