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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 205
BY REPRESENTATIVES THOMPSON, HENRY BURNS, CARMODY, AND
REYNOLDS AND SENATORS ADLEY AND PEACOCK
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend and congratulate the JROTC cyber team of Parkway High School in Bossier
City upon placing in the top one percent in the CyberPatriot VI National Finals.
WHEREAS, the Air Force Association CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber
Education Program was created by the Air Force Association to inspire high school students
to seek careers in cyber security or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) disciplines critical to the nation's future; and
WHEREAS, CyberPatriot began in 2009 as a proof of concept demonstration at the
Air Force Association's Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida, where nine high school
civil air patrol squadrons competed; and
WHEREAS, the program has grown exponentially since 2009, with over one
thousand five hundred teams from all fifty states, Canada, and Department of Defense
Dependant schools overseas that registered for CyberPatriot VI; and
WHEREAS, CyberPatriot VI was open to all high schools, middle schools, and
accredited home school programs around the nation; and
WHEREAS, the competition is made up of three different divisions including the
open high school division, the all-service division, and the middle school division; and
WHEREAS, the early rounds of the competition are done online during weekends
via the Internet from teams' schools or other sponsoring organizations' facilities; and
WHEREAS, prior to the round, teams download virtual image representations of
operating systems with known flaws, or cybersecurity vulnerabilities and the team's
assignment is to find the flaws while keeping specified computer functions working; and
WHEREAS, team progress is recorded by a central CyberPatriot scoring system and
the scores from qualification rounds are totaled to determine the semifinalists; and ENROLLEDHCR NO. 205
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WHEREAS, the top scoring semifinal teams from each division are invited on an
all-expenses paid trip to the in-person national finals competition; and
WHEREAS, during national finals, teams compete against a live aggressor team in
a series of cyber challenges including a network security master challenge, a digital forensics
challenge, cyber crime scene challenges, and a cisco networking challenge; and
WHEREAS, competition in a CyberPatriot National Finals is a challenging
educational endeavor for both the coaches and the participants; and
WHEREAS, for a team to obtain an elite ranking in a competition of one thousand
five hundred teams composed of the brightest minds of their generation is a feat to be
admired; and
WHEREAS, a part of the all service division, Parkway High School's exceptional
JROTC cyber team placed in the top one percent in the CyberPatriot VI National Finals; and
WHEREAS, led by their coach, Master Sergeant Bob O'Brien, six members of
Parkway High School's JROTC cyber team were among the top contenders in the
CyberPatriot VI finals: Austin Carr, Chas Chapman, Josh Hardacre, John Metz, Brian
Thiessen, and Team Captain Jasper Sinagra, all of whom have a field of specialty.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Parkway High School's JROTC cyber team for their outstanding
achievement in the CyberPatriot VI National Finals and recognize their impressive and
distinguished mastery of valuable cyber security and STEM disciplines critical to the
nation's future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Parkway High School's JROTC.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE