110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 41

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard, known as the Red 

Bull Division, is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, and is made up of some 3,700 hard-working and 

courageous Minnesotans and some 1,300 more soldiers 

from other Midwestern States; 

Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team has a long history of 

service to the United States, beginning with the Civil 

War; 

Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team was most recently 

mobilized in September 2005 and departed for Iraq in 

March 2006; 

Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team recently completed 

the longest continuous deployment of any United States 

military unit during Operation Iraqi Freedom; 

Whereas during its deployment, the 1st Brigade Combat 

Team completed 5,200 combat logistics patrols, secured 

2,400,000 convoy miles, and discovered 462 improvised 

explosive devices (IEDs) prior to detonation; 

Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team processed over 

1,500,000 million vehicles and 400,000 Iraqis into entry 

control points without any insurgent penetrations; 
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Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team captured over 400 

suspected insurgents; 

Whereas more than 1,400 members of the 1st Brigade Combat Team reenlisted during deployment and 21 members 

became United States citizens during deployment; 

Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team helped start 2 Iraqi 

newspapers that provide news to the local population and 

publish stories on reconstruction progress; 

Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team completed 137 reconstruction projects; 

Whereas the deployment of the 1st Brigade Combat Team in 

Iraq was extended by 125 days in January 2007; 

Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team and its members are 

now returning to the United States to loving families and 

a grateful Nation; 

Whereas the families of the members of the 1st Brigade 

Combat Team have waited patiently for their loved ones 

to return and endured many hardships during this 

lengthy deployment; 

Whereas the employers of the soldiers and family members of 

the 1st Brigade/34th Infantry Division have displayed patriotism over profit by keeping positions saved for the returning soldiers and supporting the families during the 

difficult days of this long deployment, and these employers of the soldiers and their families are great corporate 

citizens through their support of our armed forces and 

their family members; 

Whereas communities throughout the Midwest are now integral participants in the Minnesota National Guard’s extensive Beyond the Yellow Ribbon reintegration program 
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that will help members of the 1st Brigade Combat Team 

return to normal life; and 

Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division has performed admirably and courageously, putting 

service to country over personal interests and gaining the 

gratitude and respect of Minnesotans, Midwesterners, 

and all Americans: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That Congress—

3 (1) commends the 1st Brigade Combat Team/

4 34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National 

5 Guard upon its completion of the longest continuous 

6 deployment of any United States military unit dur7 ing Operation Iraqi Freedom; 

8 (2) recognizes the achievements of the members 

9 of the 1st Brigade Combat Team and their exem10 plary service to the United States; and 

11 (3) directs the Secretary of the Senate to trans12 mit a copy of this resolution to the Adjutant General 

13 of the Minnesota National Guard for appropriate 

14 display. 

Passed the Senate July 16, 2007. 

Attest:

Secretary. 
110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 41

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Commending the 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th 

unit during Operation Iraqi Freedom.uous deployment of any United States military Guard upon its completion of the longest continInfantry Division of the Minnesota National