IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 936 
Honoring the citizen-soldiers of the Army National Guard of the State of 
Illinois, including the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Illinois 
Army National Guard, which recently returned from deployment to Af-
ghanistan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2009 
Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Ms. BEAN, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. HARE, Mrs. 
HALVORSON, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. 
KIRK, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. RUSH, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. SHIMKUS) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the citizen-soldiers of the Army National Guard 
of the State of Illinois, including the 33rd Infantry Bri-
gade Combat Team of the Illinois Army National Guard, 
which recently returned from deployment to Afghanistan. 
Whereas the members of the Army National Guard of the 
State of Illinois reside throughout the State and come 
from various communities, backgrounds, and professions; 
Whereas units and members of the Illinois National Guard 
have been deployed, and are continuously being deployed, 
in support of United States military operations at home 
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and overseas in Iraq, Afghanistan, and dozens of other 
countries; 
Whereas one such unit, the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat 
Team of the Illinois Army National Guard, is composed 
of approximately 3,000 citizen-soldiers from throughout 
the State of Illinois; 
Whereas during the deployment of the 33rd Infantry Brigade 
Combat Team in Afghanistan, the primary mission of the 
brigade was to train and mentor members of the Afghan 
National Army and Afghan National Police; 
Whereas 18 members of the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat 
Team were killed during the deployment and an addi-
tional 90 soldiers were wounded; 
Whereas members of the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat 
Team were awarded more than 4,600 awards or decora-
tions as a result of their service, including 66 Purple 
Hearts and 8 Bronze Stars for Valor; and 
Whereas the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team returned 
to the United States upon completion of the deployment 
in support of military operations in Afghanistan: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its gratitude to the members of 
the Army National Guard of the State of Illinois and 
their families for their service and sacrifice on behalf 
of the United States; 
(2) commends the members of the 33rd Brigade 
Combat Team of the Illinois Army National Guard 
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on the completion of their deployment to Afghani-
stan; and 
(3) recognizes the achievements of the members 
of the 33rd Brigade Combat Team, and all other 
formerly and presently deployed Illinois Army Na-
tional Guard members, for their exemplary service. 
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