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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. RES. 382

Recognizing and commending the personnel of the 49th Armored Division

of the Texas Army National Guard for their participation and efforts

in providing leadership and command and control of the United States

sector of the Multinational Stabilization Force in Tuzla, BosniaHerzegovina.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 24 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000

Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. GRAMM, and Mr. WARNER) submitted the

following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending the personnel of the 49th Armored Division of the Texas Army National Guard for

their participation and efforts in providing leadership

and command and control of the United States sector

of the Multinational Stabilization Force in Tuzla, BosniaHerzegovina.

Whereas the personnel of the 49th Armored Division, Texas

Army National Guard, provided command and control of

Regular Army forces and an 11-nation multinational

force in the American sector of Bosnia-Herzegovina from

March 7, 2000, through October 4, 2000;
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Whereas the presence of the soldiers of the 49th Armored Division prolonged nearly five years of peace among ethnic

Serbs, Croats, and Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina;

Whereas the historic deployment of elements of the 49th Armored Division marked the first time that the commander of an Army National Guard unit commanded

Regular Army troops and multinational troops in BosniaHerzegovina;

Whereas the deployment marked the first time since the Korean War that an Army National Guard division provided

command and control of Regular Army forces participating in operations overseas;

Whereas a majority of the members of the 49th Armored Division who served in Bosnia-Herzegovina volunteered for

the deployment that necessitated leaving their families

and their civilian jobs for eight months in order to maintain peace and stability in Bosnia-Herzegovina;

Whereas the soldiers of the 49th Armored Division were able

to combine unique civilian occupational backgrounds and

experience with their military skills to bring about unprecedented levels of reconstruction of destroyed homes

and the resettlement of refugees;

Whereas the soldiers of the 49th Armored Division in the

troubled Balkans achieved the highest level of safety

demonstrated thus far in the performance of that mission, with division personnel compiling an impressive

record of driving over 600,000 miles, conducting over

17,000 patrols and clearing 85 square miles of mine

fields without serious injury or accident;

Whereas the 49th Armored Division’s tour of duty in BosniaHerzegovina serves as a model for the integration of
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Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard forces

in the performance of Army missions; and

Whereas the members of the 49th Armored Division involved

in the mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina brought great credit upon themselves, the Army National Guard, the State

of Texas, and the United States of America: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the Senate—

2 (1) commends the men and women of the 49th

3 Armored Division of the Texas Army National

4 Guard for their contributions to the unqualified suc5 cess of the Multinational Stabilization Force in Bos6 nia-Herzegovina during the period of their deploy7 ment;

8 (2) recognizes that the efforts of the men and

9 women of the 49th Armored Division contributed

10 immeasurably to the success of the peacekeeping in

11 Bosnia-Herzegovina mission; and

12 (3) expresses deep gratitude for the sacrifices

13 made by those men and women, their families, and

14 their civilian employers in support of United States

15 peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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