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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 23
BY SENATOR FOIL
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend and congratulate Commander Matthew Noland of the United States Navy on
the occasion of taking command of the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD.
WHEREAS, Matthew Noland was born in Baton Rouge to John and Lynn Noland;
and
WHEREAS, he graduated from McKinley Senior High School and attended LSU on
a music scholarship in violin performance; and
WHEREAS, as a sophomore, Matthew decided to become a naval officer, graduated
in 2002 with a degree in history, and earned a naval commission through the Naval Reserve
Officer Training Corps; and
WHEREAS, he is married to Elizabeth Schroeter, a native of Zachary, Louisiana, and
they have three daughters, Stella, Adrienne, and Remy; and
WHEREAS, Matthew has served aboard a guided missile frigate, two guided missile
cruisers, and conducted a three-year naval exchange tour with the Royal Canadian Navy,
living in Halifax, Nova Scotia; and
WHEREAS, he earned a master's degree in strategy and warfare from the Naval War
College in 2015 before serving as an Operational Planner on the 7th Fleet staff in Yokosuka,
Japan, and is a Warfare and Tactics Instructor for Anti-Submarine and Anti-Surface
Warfare; and
WHEREAS, most recently Matthew Noland completed an eighteen-month tour as
Executive Officer onboard the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DDG 100) stationed in
Everett, Washington; and
WHEREAS, like its predecessor in Baton Rouge, the ship is named for Rear Adm.
Isaac C. Kidd, who died aboard the USS Arizona in the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl
Harbor, the first American flag officer killed in World War II; and
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WHEREAS, on May 12, 2021, Commander Matthew Noland is scheduled to take
command of USS KIDD in a ceremony in Everett, Washington, when he will become the
newest "Captain of the KIDD".
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Commander Matthew Noland on taking command of the guided
missile destroyer USS KIDD.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Commander Matthew Noland.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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