Second Regular Session Sixty-sixth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO CORRECTED ENGROSSED LLS NO. R08-0006.01 Beth Treat HJR08-1024 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Garza-Hicks, Balmer, Benefield, Borodkin, Buescher, Butcher, Carroll M., Carroll T., Casso, Curry, Ferrandino, Fischer, Frangas, Gagliardi, Gallegos, Gardner B., Gardner C., Green, Hodge, Jahn, Kefalas, Kerr A., Kerr J., King, Labuda, Lambert, Levy, Liston, Looper, Lundberg, Madden, Marostica, Marshall, Massey, May M., McFadyen, McGihon, McKinley, McNulty, Merrifield, Middleton, Mitchell V., Peniston, Pommer, Primavera, Rice, Riesberg, Roberts, Romanoff, Rose, Scanlan, Solano, Sonnenberg, Soper, Stafford, Stephens, Summers, Swalm, Todd, Vaad, Weissmann, White, and Witwer SENATE SPONSORSHIP McElhany, Bacon, Boyd, Brophy, Cadman, Gibbs, Gordon, Groff, Hagedorn, Harvey, Isgar, Johnson, Keller, Kester, Kopp, Mitchell S., Morse, Penry, Renfroe, Romer, Sandoval, Schultheis, Schwartz, Shaffer, Spence, Tapia, Taylor, Tochtrop, Tupa, Veiga, Ward, Wiens, Williams, and Windels House Committees Senate Committees HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 08-1024 101 CONCERNING RECOGNITION OF MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM 102 COLORADO WHO ARE SERVING IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 103 AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND HONORING THOSE 104 WHO HAVE DIED WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY IN IRAQ AND 105 AFGHANISTAN. 1 WHEREAS, Thousands of military personnel from Colorado have 2 served and continue to serve in Iraq in "Operation Iraqi Freedom" and in 3 Afghanistan in "Operation Enduring Freedom", including troops based at 4 Fort Carson, the United States Air Force Academy, Peterson Air Force 5 Base, and Buckley Air Force Base; members of the Colorado National 6 Guard, Army Reserve, and Marine Corps Reserve; and troops from 7 Colorado who are deployed with military units based in other states; and 8 WHEREAS, In the last twelve months, the following soldiers 9 based at Fort Carson, Colorado, made the ultimate sacrifice while serving 10 their country in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Rdg. nal 2008 Fi 14, l Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. HOUSE i Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute. Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. Apr A m ended 1 ! Staff Sergeant Chad Alan Barrett of Saltville, Virginia, a 2 member of the United States Army assigned to Company E, 3 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat 4 Team; 5 ! Specialist Matthew Edward Baylis of Oakdale, New York, 6 a member of the United States Army assigned to the 2nd 7 Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat 8 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 9 ! Specialist Justin Richard Blackwell of Paris, Tennessee, a 10 member of the United States Army assigned to the 59th 11 Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 12 43rd Area Support Group; 13 ! Private Second Class Jeremy Shawn Bohannon of Bon 14 Aqua, Tennessee, a member of the United States Army 15 assigned to the 59th Military Police Company, 759th 16 Military Police Battalion, 43rd Area Support Group; 17 ! Private First Class Kyle Geoffrey Bohrnsen of Phillipsburg, 18 Montana, a member of the United States Army assigned to 19 the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade 20 Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 21 ! Private First Class Brian A. Botello of Alta, Iowa, a 22 member of the United States Army assigned to the 3rd 23 Squadron, 61st Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd 24 Infantry Division; 25 ! Sergeant William Edward Brown of Phil Campbell, 26 Alabama, a member of the United States Army assigned to 27 C Company, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st 28 Cavalry Division; 29 ! Sergeant James Edward Craig of Los Angeles, California, 30 a member of the United States Army assigned to the 1st 31 Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat 32 Team, 4th Infantry Division; 33 ! Private First Class Steven A. Davis of Woodbridge, 34 Virginia, a member of the United States Army assigned to 35 the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade 36 Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 37 ! Staff Sergeant Eric Thomas Duckworth of Plano, Texas, a 38 member of the United States Army assigned to the 39 Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 759th 40 Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade; 41 ! Staff Sergeant Michael D. Elledge of Brownsburg, Indiana, 42 a member of the United States Army assigned to the 1st 43 Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat 44 Team, 4th Infantry Division; -2- 1024 1 ! Staff Sergeant Jarred S. Fontenot of Port Barre, Louisiana, 2 a member of the United States Army assigned to the 2nd 3 Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat 4 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 5 ! Private First Class Walter Freeman, Jr., of Lancaster, 6 California, a member of the United States Army assigned 7 to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade 8 Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 9 ! Sergeant Alexander James Funcheon of Belaire, Kansas, a 10 member of the United States Army assigned to the 3rd 11 Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat 12 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 13 ! Private First Class Derek A. Gibson of Eustis, Florida, a 14 member of the United States Army assigned to the 2nd 15 Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat 16 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 17 ! Private First Class Zachary Ryan Gullett of Hillsboro, 18 Ohio, a member of the United States Army assigned to the 19 984th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police 20 Battalion, 43rd Area Support Group; 21 ! Private First Class Cory Hiltz of La Verne, California, a 22 member of the United States Army assigned to the 2nd 23 Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat 24 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 25 ! Private First Class Brian L. Holden of Claremont, North 26 Carolina, a member of the United States Army assigned to 27 the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade 28 Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 29 ! Private First Class Kenneth James Iwasinski of West 30 Springfield, Massachusetts, a member of the United States 31 Army assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry, 2nd 32 Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 33 ! Sergeant Edmund John Jeffers of Daleville, Alabama, a 34 member of the United States Army assigned to the 1st 35 Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat 36 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 37 ! Staff Sergeant Gary Wayne Jeffries of Roscoe, Texas, a 38 member of the United States Army assigned to the 1st 39 Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat 40 Team, 4th Infantry Division; 41 ! Private First Class Roy Lee Jones III of Houston, Texas, a 42 member of the United States Army assigned to the 984th 43 Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 44 43rd Area Support Group; -3- 1024 1 ! Sergeant Giann Carolo Joya-Mendoza of North Hollywood, 2 California, a member of the United States Army assigned 3 to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat 4 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 5 ! Specialist Shin Woo Kim of Fullerton, California, a 6 member of the United States Army assigned to the 2nd 7 Battalion, 12th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd 8 Infantry Division; 9 ! Private First Class Christopher David Kube of Sterling 10 Heights, Michigan, a member of the United States Army 11 assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, 2nd 12 Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 13 ! Specialist Eric Anthony Lill of Chicago, Illinois, a member 14 of the United States Army assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 15 17th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd 16 Infantry Division; 17 ! Specialist Evan Andrew Marshall of Athens, Georgia, a 18 member of the United States Army assigned to the 1st 19 Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat 20 Team, 4th Infantry Division; 21 ! Staff Sergeant Jay Edward Martin of Fort Lewis, 22 Washington, a member of the United States Army assigned 23 to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat 24 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 25 ! Sergeant Michael Martinez of Chula Vista, California, a 26 member of the United States Army assigned to the 2nd 27 Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat 28 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 29 ! Private First Class Brandon Abbott Meyer of Orange, 30 California, a member of the United States Army assigned 31 to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade 32 Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; 33 ! Specialist Brynn Joel Naylor of Roswell, New Mexico, a 34 member of the United States Army assigned to the 2nd 35 Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat 36 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 37 ! Staff Sergeant Robert R. Pirelli of Franklin, Massachusetts, 38 a member of the United States Army assigned to Company 39 A, 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group; 40 ! Staff Sergeant Robb Rolfing of Milton, Massachusetts, a 41 member of the United States Army assigned to Company 42 B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group; -4- 1024 1 ! Major Mark E. Rosenberg of Miami Lakes, Florida, a 2 member of the United States Army assigned to the 3rd 3 Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade 4 Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; 5 ! Sergeant Daniel Jordan Shaw of West Seneca, New York, 6 a member of the United States Army assigned to the 1st 7 Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat 8 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 9 ! Specialist Christopher C. Simpson of Hampton, Virginia, 10 a member of the United States Army assigned to the 1st 11 Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat 12 Team, 4th Infantry Division; 13 ! Sergeant Eric Lamar Snell of Trenton, New Jersey, a 14 member of the United States Army assigned to the 3rd 15 Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat 16 Team, 2nd Infantry Division; 17 ! Corporal Ismael G. Solorio of San Luis, Arizona, a member 18 of the United States Army assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 19 17th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd 20 Infantry Division; 21 ! Specialist Robert Daniel Varga of Monroe City, Montana, 22 a member of the United States Army assigned to the 984th 23 Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 24 43rd Area Support Group; 25 ! Private First Class Jerimiah J.