[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13368-13369]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 81ST REGIONAL 
                            SUPPORT COMMAND

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                            HON. TREY GOWDY

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 6, 2017

  Mr. GOWDY. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the following 
Proclamation in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the 81st Regional 
Support Command located at Fort Jackson, South Carolina:
  Whereas, the 81st Division, National Army, was organized at Camp 
Jackson, South Carolina on August 25, 1917, comprised principally of 
drafted men from Tennessee and the Carolinas; and
  Whereas, the men of the 81st Division served with distinction in the 
Lorraine and Meuse-Argonne campaigns of World War, and demobilized in 
June 1919; and

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  Whereas, the 81st Infantry Division reactivated in 1942 at Camp 
Rucker, Alabama for World War II service, with drafted men from every 
state in the United States, serving with distinction in the Palau and 
Philippine campaigns before inactivation in 1946; and
  Whereas, the 81st Infantry Division formed part of the Army Reserve 
from 1941 to 1965, part of the strategic reserve which deterred the 
aggression of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact; and.
  Whereas, from 1967 to 1995, the 81st Army Reserve Command (ARCOM) was 
command headquarters for 9,000 Army Reserve Soldiers in portions of six 
states, whose soldiers trained and served with merit in Vietnam, Desert 
Storm, Bosnia and Kosovo; and
  Whereas, from 1995 to 2008, the 81st Regional Readiness Command and 
Support Command was command headquarters for all Army Reserve units in 
the southeastern United States, successfully mobilizing more than 
28,000 Soldiers in the Global War on Terror; and
  Whereas, in 2008 the 81st Regional Support Command returned to its 
birthplace of Fort Jackson, where it today provides facilities and 
services to Soldiers, Families and Civilians in the southeastern United 
States. Be it
  Resolved, That we hereby recognize by this resolution the 100th 
Anniversary of the 81st Regional Support Command of the United States 
Army Reserve, and the selfless service and sacrifices made by the 
citizen-soldiers within its ranks in the defense of our nation and our 
cherished freedoms and liberties, and pay homage to those citizen-
soldiers upon this memorable occasion. Be it further
  Resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Major General 
Arlan M. DeBlieck, Commanding General of the 81st Regional Support 
Command, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

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