[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 287 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 287

  Honoring and expressing gratitude to the 1st Battalion of the 133rd 
      Infantry (``Ironman Battalion'') of the Iowa National Guard.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2007

   Mr. Harkin (for himself and Mr. Grassley) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring and expressing gratitude to the 1st Battalion of the 133rd 
      Infantry (``Ironman Battalion'') of the Iowa National Guard.

Whereas 476 members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry of the Iowa National 
        Guard were mobilized for active duty in September and October of 2005;
Whereas 80 members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry have been providing 
        essential support to the Battalion from Iowa National Guard 
        installations in Waterloo, Iowa, and Dubuque, Iowa, and at least 490 
        members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry were deployed to Iraq in 
        April and May of 2006;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry have been serving 
        bravely and honorably since April and May of 2006 in the al-Anbar 
        Province of Iraq, one of the most dangerous parts of Iraq;
Whereas the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry deployed as part of the 1st Brigade 
        Combat Team of the 34th Infantry Division, which has completed the 
        longest continuous deployment of any National Guard unit during 
        Operation Iraqi Freedom;
Whereas the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry is the longest-serving Iowa Army 
        National Guard unit since World War II;
Whereas the CBS program ``60 Minutes'' devoted an entire hour to telling the 
        story of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry on May 27, 2007;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry have completed over 500 
        missions, providing security for convoys operating in al-Anbar Province;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry have logged over 
        4,000,000 mission miles, and have delivered over \1/3\ of the fuel 
        needed to sustain coalition forces in Iraq;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry have detained over 60 
        insurgents;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry were scheduled to 
        return home in April 2007, but had their tours of duty extended until 
        July 2007;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry left behind civilian 
        jobs, friends, and families in order to serve the United States;
Whereas 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry members Sergeant 1st Class Scott E. Nisely 
        and Sergeant Kampha B. Sourivong gave the ultimate sacrifice for their 
        country when they were tragically killed during combat operations near 
        Al Asad, Iraq, on September 30, 2006; and
Whereas the United States will be forever indebted to the soldiers and families 
        of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry for their sacrifices and their 
        contributions to the mission of the United States in Iraq: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate honors and expresses gratitude for the 
service and sacrifices of the members and families of the 1st Battalion 
of the 133rd Infantry of the Iowa National Guard upon the return home 
of the Battalion from its deployment in Iraq.
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