Expresses gratitude to the members of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Georgia Army National Guard and their families for their service and sacrifice on behalf of the United States from 2009 to 2010.
Recognizes the members of the Georgia National Guard as invaluable to the national security of the United States, vital to defending against threats both foreign and domestic, and essential for responding to state and national emergencies.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1304 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1304
Honoring the members of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the
State of Georgia's Army National Guard for their service and sacrifice
on behalf of the United States from 2009 to 2010.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 27, 2010
Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of Georgia,
Mr. Kingston, Mr. Linder, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia,
Mr. Barrow, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Johnson of
Georgia, and Mr. Broun of Georgia) submitted the following resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
_______________________________________________________________________
RESOLUTION
Honoring the members of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the
State of Georgia's Army National Guard for their service and sacrifice
on behalf of the United States from 2009 to 2010.
Whereas the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was alerted for mobilization and
deployment as Task Force Phoenix IX on November 14, 2007;
Whereas during the next 18 months, the unit completed intensive training,
manning, and equipping reset in order to prepare for and adapt to the
ever-changing Afghanistan mission;
Whereas the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed over 3,000 members of the
Army National Guard from the State of Georgia to Afghanistan to conduct
combat operations in 2009 as part of Combined Joint Task Force 82 in
support of Operation Enduring Freedom;
Whereas the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ultimately deployed at over 118
percent strength, the highest of any Army National Guard unit to date;
Whereas the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team trained and mentored over 50,000
Afghan National Security Forces as their primary mission, conducting
11,315 combat missions while embedded with either the Afghan National
Army or Afghan National Police;
Whereas the 1st Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment conducted combined action as
part of Task Force Mountain Warrior in the Nangarhar province, living
and conducting operations with the Afghan Border Police and Afghan
National Police from Jalalabad City to Torkum Gate at the mouth of the
Kyber Pass in Pakistan, producing the first-ever comprehensive Shinwar
Tribal Leadership agreement, which over 170 tribal leaders signed, to
combat the Taliban and support the Government of the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan;
Whereas the 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment conducted combined action
under Task Force Yukon with responsibility for all Afghan National
Security Force development in Paktya province, living and conducting
operations with the Afghan National Army, Police, and Border Police and
setting up the first United States presence in that region;
Whereas Task Force 1-121 also had a company working directly for the Polish
Battle Group, Task Force White Eagle, conducting combined action in
Ghazni province with a second company working in Paktika province
conducting combined operations with the Afghan National Army;
Whereas the 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment conducted combined action as
the United States battle space owners under Regional Command North and
the German Task Force with responsibility for all Afghan National
Security Force Development in nine northern Afghan provinces, living and
conducting operations with the Afghan National Police and Border Police,
establishing and mentoring nine Operational Coordination Cells for the
Afghan National Security Force, resulting in increased synchronization
and improved responsiveness of all Afghan National Security Forces in
Regional Command North;
Whereas the 1st Battalion, 118th Artillery Regiment assumed responsibility for
Kabul province, with one firing battery and an attached company of
infantry, and were fully incorporated into mentoring operations for the
Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police, through which all
districts in Kabul province were actively partnered with a United States
training team, including 31 individual police departments, 4 zone
headquarters, and the Kabul City Police Command, totaling over 11,000
assigned personnel;
Whereas the 148th Brigade Support Battalion Logistics Task Force provided
theater-wide support for all classes of supply for over 10,000 assigned
and attached members of the United States Armed Forces, conducting over
728 Combat Logistics Missions, driving over 304,596 miles, moving over
21,510 passengers, delivering 1,937 pallets, completing 4 helicopter-
borne, ammunition sling-load missions in support of combat troops,
conducting several emergency resupply missions, completing 3,710
maintenance jobs, and conducting 42 combat recovery missions, while its
Medical Company ran a level II facility at Camp Phoenix and supported 11
other facilities throughout Afghanistan;
Whereas the 48th Brigade Special Troops Battalion provided a Garrison Commander
to Camp Phoenix, improving all activities and support provided by the
command, enhancing base defense, implementing a comprehensive base
defense plan, and instituting monthly force protection meetings and
exercises, and was responsible for all engineer military construction
programs through which it developed a facilities improvement program
that organized the installation footprint and dramatically reduced
installation clutter, improved drainage, created intelligent parking
schemes, and enhanced preventive maintenance;
Whereas 8 members of Georgia's Army National Guard, and their families, made the
ultimate sacrifice to train the Afghan National Security Forces, which
furthers the cause of freedom and brings greater security to rest of the
world; and
Whereas several dozen other members of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
were injured in this same effort: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) expresses its gratitude to the members of the 48th
Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the State of Georgia's Army
National Guard and their families for their service and
sacrifice on behalf of the United States from 2009 to 2010; and
(2) recognizes the members of the Georgia National Guard as
invaluable to the national security of the United States, vital
to defending against threats both foreign and domestic, and
essential for responding to State and national emergencies.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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