[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.


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                    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

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                               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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