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| 3 | 3 | | 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 Representatives wish to recognize Lieutenant Colonel Maria |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 Elizabeth Sanchez on her career, her achievements, and her |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 contribution to the State; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 WHEREAS, LTC Sanchez is the commander of the 6th Battalion |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 and Chicago Military Entrance Processing Station and supports |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 the USMEPCOM mission of evaluating applicants by applying |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 Department of Defense standards in processing and determining |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 eligibility for military service; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 WHEREAS, LTC Sanchez enlisted in the United States Army at |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 Phoenix MEPS and received her commission through Officer |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 WHEREAS, LTC Sanchez has served as photo and layout |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 specialist with the 4th Psychological Operations Group |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, squad leader with |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 the 70th Engineer Company at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, platoon |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 sergeant with the 100th Engineer Company at Fort Bragg, and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 instructor with the Defense Mapping School at Fort Belvoir, |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 Virginia; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 WHEREAS, LTC Sanchez's commissioned assignments include |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 platoon leader, C Battery, 5th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 Artillery Regiment (Patriot), Fort Bliss, Texas and deployed |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 to the United Arab Emirates; battalion human resources |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 officer, 2nd Battalion (Assault), 25th Aviation Regiment, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii and deployed to Afghanistan; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 personnel management officer, United States Army Pacific, Fort |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 Shafter; human resources officer, 25th Division Artillery, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; commander, San Juan MEPS, San |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 Juan, Puerto Rico; liaison, U.S. Military Entrance Processing |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 Command and Accessions Policy, Office of the Secretary of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 Defense, Washington, D.C.; and military secretariat, Joint |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12 Staff J6, Washington, D.C.; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 WHEREAS, LTC Sanchez's military education includes |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14 Advanced Individual Training as a photo and layout specialist, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15 Senior Tactics Instructor Course, Officer Candidate School, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 Basic Officer Leader Course, Air Defense Officer Basic Course, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17 Adjutant General Officer Advanced Course, Human Resources |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18 Plans and Operations Course, Brigade Human Resources |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19 Operations Course, and Command and General Staff College; and |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20 WHEREAS, LTC Sanchez earned an Associate of Arts in |
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| 52 | 52 | | 21 General Studies from Fayetteville Technical Community College |
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| 53 | 53 | | 22 in North Carolina, a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with a minor |
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| 54 | 54 | | 23 in Latin American Studies from George Mason University in |
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| 55 | 55 | | 24 Fairfax, Virginia, and a Master of Arts in Human Resource |
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| 66 | 66 | | 1 Management from Webster University; and |
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| 67 | 67 | | 2 WHEREAS, LTC Sanchez's military awards and decorations |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3 include the Bronze Star Medal, three Defense Meritorious |
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| 69 | 69 | | 4 Service Medals, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint |
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| 70 | 70 | | 5 Service Commendation Medal, five Army Commendation Medals, |
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| 71 | 71 | | 6 nine Army Achievement Medals, and various service, unit, and |
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| 72 | 72 | | 7 personal medals and ribbons; therefore, be it |
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| 73 | 73 | | 8 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 74 | 74 | | 9 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 75 | 75 | | 10 we recognize Lieutenant Colonel Maria Elizabeth Sanchez on her |
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| 76 | 76 | | 11 career, her achievements, and the exceptional work that she |
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| 77 | 77 | | 12 has done for both Illinois and Chicago MPS; and be it further |
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