[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 20084-20085]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING U.S. NATIONAL GUARD'S 381ST BIRTHDAY

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                          HON. J. FRENCH HILL

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 15, 2017

  Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the men and women of the 
National Guard for

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their 381 years of dedicated service and sacrifice to the defense of 
our nation.
  On December 13, 1636, the first militia regiments in North America 
were organized in Massachusetts.
  From deploying overseas in theaters of war, to being activated by our 
nation's governors in times of natural disaster, the Guard has been a 
critical component of our national security strategy, and an integral 
part of America's military supremacy.
  I extend my thanks to Arkansas's Adjutant General, Mark Berry, for 
his dedication and leadership of Arkansas's Guard.
  Thank you to those Guardsmen who are currently deployed overseas, 
including the Arkansas Guardsmen currently deployed around the world in 
Kosovo and Kuwait.
  But most of all, thank you to those National Guardsmen who have given 
the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation.

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