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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 399 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 399

 Honoring North Carolinians and other members of the Armed Forces who 
made the ultimate sacrifice in the attack on Hamid Karzai International 
                      Airport on August 26, 2021.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 2021

     Mr. Tillis (for himself and Mr. Burr) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Honoring North Carolinians and other members of the Armed Forces who 
made the ultimate sacrifice in the attack on Hamid Karzai International 
                      Airport on August 26, 2021.

Whereas Marine Corps Sergeant Nicole L. Gee, born in Roseville, a suburb of 
        Sacramento, California, and assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 
        24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp 
        Lejeune, North Carolina, made the ultimate sacrifice during the attack 
        on Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021;
Whereas Army Staff Sergeant Ryan C. Knauss, assigned to 9th PSYOP Battalion, 8th 
        PSYOP Group, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, made the ultimate sacrifice 
        during the attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26, 
        2021;
Whereas members of the Marine Corps, including Staff Sergeant Darin T. Hoover of 
        Salt Lake City, Utah, Sergeant Johanny Rosario Pichardo of Lawrence, 
        Massachusetts, Corporal Hunter Lopez of Indio, California, Corporal 
        Daegan W. Page of Omaha, Nebraska, Corporal Humberto A. Sanchez of 
        Logansport, Indiana, Lance Corporal David L. Espinoza of Rio Bravo, 
        Texas, Lance Corporal Rylee J. McCollum of Jackson, Wyoming, Lance 
        Corporal Dylan R. Merola of Rancho Cucamonga, California, Lance Corporal 
        Kareem M. Nikoui of Norco, California, and Lance Corporal Jared M. 
        Schmitz of St. Charles, Missouri, all made the ultimate sacrifice during 
        the attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021;
Whereas Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Maxton W. Soviak of Berlin Heights, 
        Ohio, made the ultimate sacrifice during the attack on Hamid Karzai 
        International Airport on August 26, 2021; and
Whereas all those who served, fought, or perished in the overall Global War On 
        Terror have served valiantly in defense of the United States: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) Marine Corps Sergeant Nicole L. Gee, Army Staff 
        Sergeant Ryan C. Knauss, and their fellow members of the Armed 
        Forces--
                    (A) served the United States with honor and 
                distinction; and
                    (B) represent the very best of the United States; 
                and
            (2) the United States--
                    (A) honors those brave members of the Armed Forces 
                and their families; and
                    (B) shall never forget the services they rendered 
                and sacrifices they made in the defense of the United 
                States.
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