[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15412]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 DESIGNATING 2009 AS YEAR OF THE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS OF THE 
                           UNITED STATES ARMY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration and the Senate then 
proceed to S. Res. 66.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 66) designating 2009 as the ``Year of 
     the Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the United States 
     Army.''

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the Senate proceeded to 
consider the resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider 
be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 66) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 66

       Whereas the Secretary of the Army has designated 2009 as 
     the Year of the United States Army Noncommissioned Officer 
     (NCO) to honor more than 200 years of service by the 
     noncommissioned officers of the Army to the Army and the 
     American people;
       Whereas the modern noncommissioned officer of the Army 
     operates autonomously, and always with confidence and 
     competence;
       Whereas the Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the Army has 
     distinguished itself as the most accomplished group of 
     military professionals in the world, with noncommissioned 
     officers of the Army leading the way in education, training, 
     and discipline, empowered and trusted like no other 
     noncommissioned officers, and serving as role models to the 
     most advanced armies in the world; and
       Whereas the noncommissioned officers of the Army share 
     their strength of character and values with every soldier, 
     officer, and civilian they support across the regular and 
     reserve components of the Army, and take the lead and are the 
     keepers of Army standards: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates 2009 as the ``Year of the Noncommissioned 
     Officer Corps of the United States Army''; and
       (2) encourages the people of the United States to recognize 
     the ``Year of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the United 
     States Army'' with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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