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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 211 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 211

Recognizing and commending the members of the Navy and Marine Corps who 
 served on the USS Abraham Lincoln and welcoming them home from their 
                         recent mission abroad.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2003

 Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. 
Skelton, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Hastings of Washington, 
   Mr. McDermott, Mr. Baird, and Mr. Inslee) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Recognizing and commending the members of the Navy and Marine Corps who 
 served on the USS Abraham Lincoln and welcoming them home from their 
                         recent mission abroad.

Whereas the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is the United States' fifth Nimitz-
        class aircraft carrier and has its homeport at Naval Station Everett in 
        Washington;
Whereas the USS Abraham Lincoln serves as home to 5,000 brave members of the 
        Navy and Marine Corps and carries approximately 70 combat and support 
        aircraft;
Whereas the USS Abraham Lincoln is scheduled to return to its homeport on May 6, 
        2003, after nearly ten months on deployment in support of Operation 
        Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Southern Watch;
Whereas the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln was the longest for a nuclear-
        powered aircraft carrier since 1973;
Whereas, in December 2002, the USS Abraham Lincoln completed a six-month 
        deployment in the Persian Gulf conducting operations in support of the 
        Global War on Terrorism and was returning to its homeport when it was 
        ordered back to the Persian Gulf in January 2003 to support what was to 
        become Operation Iraqi Freedom;
Whereas during the nearly ten-month deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln, there 
        were 12,700 takeoffs and trap landings, 16,500 sorties, 265,118 pounds 
        of ordinance expended during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation 
        Southern Watch, and 1,600,000 pounds of ordinance expended during 
        Operation Iraqi Freedom;
Whereas the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln featured numerous firsts, 
        including the first use of the Super Hornet and the first operational 
        availability of the ``Man Overboard Indicator'' onboard the USS Abraham 
        Lincoln;
Whereas the citizens of the City of Everett, the County of Snohomish, the State 
        of Washington, and the United States are proud of the members of the 
        Navy and Marine Corps who serve on the USS Abraham Lincoln: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives recognizes and commends 
the members of the Navy and Marine Corps who serve on the USS Abraham 
Lincoln and welcomes them home from their recent mission abroad.
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