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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. _____
DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Major General
Dale Lyles upon his promotion.
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. _____
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Major
2 General Dale Lyles upon his promotion.
3 Whereas, Major General Dale Lyles, a native of Salem,
4 Indiana, commissioned as an infantry officer in the United
5 States Army after graduating from Indiana University in 1989
6 and the Indiana Military Academy in 1994;
7 Whereas, Throughout his military career, Major General
8 Lyles served at nearly every level of leadership within the
9 Indiana Army National Guard, including as a Platoon Leader,
10 Program and Budget Officer, Company Commander,
11 Communications-Electronics Officer, Plans and Operations
12 Officer, Recruiting and Retention Operations and Training
13 Officer, S3, Executive Officer, Muscatatuck Urban Training
14 Center Commander, Squadron Commander, Director of the
15 Indiana Army National Guard Training Center, G1, Brigade
16 Commander, Chief of Joint Staff, Division Chief for Leadership
17 Development at the National Guard Bureau (NGB), Deputy
18 Chief of Staff for Operations G3 at NGB, and now as The
19 Adjutant General (TAG) of Indiana;
20 Whereas, Major General Lyles has also served in overseas
21 operations, as a Company Commander in Bosnia in 2002 and
22 as a Battalion S1 in Kabul, Afghanistan, from 2004 to 2005;
23 Whereas, During his 27 years of service, Major General
24 Lyles has been awarded decorations including the Bronze Star,
25 Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Army
26 Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal with one oak
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1 leaf cluster, and Indiana Distinguished Service Medal with one
2 oak leaf cluster, among many others;
3 Whereas, After 25 years of honorable service, Major
4 General Lyles was selected to be the 59th TAG of the Indiana
5 National Guard on October 1, 2019, leading the community-
6 based force of approximately 14,000 soldiers and airmen, who
7 work to maintain readiness in the Hoosier State and around the
8 globe;
9 Whereas, Following an increase in manpower across the
10 Hoosier state during the COVID-19 pandemic and while still
11 having Indiana's military force remain agile and deployable,
12 Major General Lyles was promoted from Brigadier General to
13 Major General by Governor Eric Holcomb on December 17,
14 2021; and
15 Whereas, For his 27 years of continuous meritorious
16 service to the State of Indiana and the nation, Major General
17 Lyles' promotion to Major General is well deserved and should
18 be celebrated: Therefore,
19 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly
20 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives
21 concurring:
22 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly
23 congratulates Major General Dale Lyles upon his promotion.
24 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed
25 to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Major General Dale
26 Lyles.
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