PRINTER'S NO. 3299
No. 535 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY ZUG, GINGRICH, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES, BEYER,
BISHOP, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CORRIGAN, CRUZ, DeWEESE,
DONATUCCI, EACHUS, FAIRCHILD, FORCIER, GEORGE, GRUCELA,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, JAMES, LEDERER, MANN, MARKOSEK,
McILHATTAN, R. MILLER, MUSTIO, NAILOR, PALLONE, PAYNE,
PERZEL, PYLE, RAPP, REED, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER,
SOLOBAY, STABACK, TIGUE, WATSON AND WOJNAROSKI,
DECEMBER 13, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
DECEMBER 13, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Congratulating Major General Jessica L. Wright, Adjutant General
2 of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania National Guard for
3 their transformation of the 56th Brigade of the 28th Infantry
4 Division (Mechanized) into the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat
5 Team and for their ongoing efforts to administer more than $1
6 billion in Federal funds to improve armories, training sites
7 and ranges.
8 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania National Guard has achieved the
9 highest levels of strength and readiness; and
10 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania National Guard is one of the
11 largest National Guard forces in the United States and is
12 considered by many to be the best state National Guard in the
13 nation; and
14 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania distinguished itself nationally when
15 the 56th Brigade of the 28th Infantry Division (Mechanized) was
16 selected for transformation into the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat
17 Team; and
1 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team is
2 the only Stryker unit established in the National Guard and the
3 Army Reserve Component; and
4 WHEREAS, Transformation of the 56th Brigade will bring new
5 equipment and the latest military technology to the Pennsylvania
6 Army National Guard; and
7 WHEREAS, The 56th Brigade, which will headquarter in the
8 Philadelphia area, will employ 3,717 traditional Guard members
9 and 220 full-time administrative employees; and
10 WHEREAS, The 56th Brigade will be equipped with about 300
11 Strykers, the Army's new state-of-the-art, rapidly deployable
12 wheeled vehicle; and
13 WHEREAS, Transformation of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat
14 Team will result in scores of planned new construction and
15 upgrade projects at armories and readiness centers located
16 across this Commonwealth from Erie to Philadelphia; and
17 WHEREAS, The United States Army will invest about $1.5
18 billion in the new 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team; therefore
19 be it
20 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate
21 Major General Jessica L. Wright, Adjutant General of
22 Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania National Guard for their
23 transformation of Pennsylvania's 56th Stryker Brigade Combat
24 Team and for their ongoing efforts to improve armories, training
25 sites and ranges across our Commonwealth; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
27 the Adjutant General, to the Commanding General of the 28th
28 Infantry Division (Mechanized), to the Commanding Officers of
29 the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team and its supporting
30 battalions and to the leadership of the Pennsylvania National
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