[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 673 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 673

Honoring the four members of the United States Marine Corps who died on 
   December 11, 2000, and extending the condolences of the House of 
                    Representatives on their deaths.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 2000

 Mr. Reynolds (for himself, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. McIntyre, 
Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Gilman, and Mr. Snyder) submitted the 
  following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the four members of the United States Marine Corps who died on 
   December 11, 2000, and extending the condolences of the House of 
                    Representatives on their deaths.

Whereas on December 11, 2000, an MV-22 Osprey aircraft crashed during a training 
        mission near Jacksonville, North Carolina, killing all four members of 
        the United States Marine Corps onboard;
Whereas the Marines who lost their lives in the crash made the ultimate 
        sacrifice in the service of the United States and the Marine Corps;
Whereas the families of these proud Marines have the most sincere condolences of 
        the Nation;
Whereas the members of the Marine Corps take special pride in their esprit de 
        corps, and this terrible loss will resonate through Marine Helicopter 
        Squadron 1 based at Quantico, Virginia, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training 
        Squadron 204 based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North 
        Carolina, and the entire Marine Corps family;
Whereas the Nation joins the Commandant of the entire Marine Corps and the 
        Marine Corps in mourning their loss; and
Whereas the Marines killed in the accident were--
            (1) Lieutenant Colonel Keith M. Sweaney, 42, of Richmond, Virginia, 
        assigned to Marine Helicopter Squadron 1, based at Quantico, Virginia;
            (2) Major Michael L. Murphy of Blauvelt, 38, New York, assigned to 
        Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204, based at Marine Corps Air 
        Station New River, North Carolina;
            (3) Staff Sergeant Avely Runnels, 25, of Morven, Georgia, assigned 
        to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204, based at Marine Corps 
        Air Station New River, North Carolina; and
            (4) Sergeant Jason Buyck, 24, of Sodus, New York, assigned to Marine 
        Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204, based at Marine Corps Air 
        Station New River, North Carolina: Now therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) has learned with profound sorrow of the deaths of four 
        members of the United States Marine Corps in the crash of an 
        MV-22 Osprey aircraft on December 11, 2000, during a training 
        mission near Jacksonville, North Carolina, and extends 
        condolences to the families of those four members of the Marine 
        Corps;
            (2) recognizes that those four members of the Marine Corps 
        embodied the credo of the Marine Corps, ``Semper Fidelis'';
            (3) expresses its profound gratitude to those four members 
        of the Marine Corps for the dedicated and honorable service 
        they rendered to the United States and the Marine Corps; and
            (4) recognizes with appreciation and respect the loyalty 
        and sacrifice their families have demonstrated in support of 
        the Marine Corps.
    Sec. 2. The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall transmit an 
enrolled copy of this resolution to the Commandant of the Marine Corps 
and to the families of each member of the Marine Corps killed in the 
accident referred to in the first section of this resolution.
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