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Whereas the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team mobilized 
in 2007 for Operation Iraqi Freedom and deployed more 
than 2,700 soldiers to provide command and control and 
conduct security force and detainee operations, rep-
resenting the largest single deployment for the Oklahoma 
Army National Guard since the Korean War; 
Whereas the 45th Fires Brigade mobilized in 2008 for Oper-
ation Iraqi Freedom and deployed more than 1,000 sol-
diers to provide command and control and conduct secu-
rity force operations; 
Whereas 90th Troop Command units mobilized for Operation 
Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and de-
ployed more than 2,600 soldiers to conduct combat sup-
port and combat service support missions; 
Whereas the 189th Regional Training Institute and Camp 
Gruber Joint Maneuver Training Center have provided 
professional training to military and nonmilitary per-
sonnel to enhance domestic security and prepare units for 
deployments abroad; 
Whereas the Oklahoma Army National Guard mobilized in 
2005 and deployed more than 2,500 soldiers to support 
relief operations in response to Hurricanes Katrina and 
Rita, including assisting law enforcement agencies with 
traffic control and security, transporting and distributing 
food, water, and ice, conducting search and rescue and 
ground and air evacuations, providing generator support, 
and performing other missions to protect life and prop-
erty; 
Whereas the 137th Airlift Wing mobilized in 2003 for Oper-
ation Iraqi Freedom and deployed to the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia as part of the largest C–130 wing assem-
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bled in history, transporting troops, food, supplies, and 
equipment to United States forces in Iraq; 
Whereas the 137th Airlift Wing mobilized in 2003 for Oper-
ation Enduring Freedom and deployed to Uzbekistan, 
providing critical airlift and logistical support for United 
States forces in Afghanistan; 
Whereas between 2003 and 2006, the 137th Airlift Wing 
transported 39,368 troops and 11,170 tons of critical 
cargo to United States forces in Iraq and Afghanistan; 
Whereas the 137th Airlift Wing mobilized in 2005 and de-
ployed one of the first C–130 units to support relief oper-
ations in response to Hurricane Katrina, including evacu-
ating hospital and nursing home residents to safety by 
air, providing critical logistical support, and airlifting 
2,500 members of the Oklahoma Army National Guard 
to population centers to provide aid to hurricane victims; 
Whereas the 138th Fighter Wing mobilized in 2005, 2007, 
and 2008 for Operation Iraqi Freedom and deployed to 
Iraq to provide close air support and engage in combat 
missions, during which the 138th Fighter Wing expended 
109,000 pounds of combat ordnance and successfully de-
stroyed numerous targets; and 
Whereas, since September 11, 2001, the 138th Fighter Wing 
has flown numerous Air Sovereignty Alert missions in the 
United States, protecting high value domestic targets 
against attack and contributing to homeland defense, and 
in 2008 the 138th Fighter Wing was recognized as the 
most active alert facility in the United States: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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(1) expresses its gratitude to the members of the 
Army National Guard and Air National Guard of the 
State of Oklahoma and their families for their service 
and sacrifice on behalf of the United States since Sep-
tember 11, 2001; and 
(2) recognizes the citizen-soldiers and airmen of the 
Oklahoma National Guard as invaluable to the national 
security of the United States, vital to defending against 
threats both foreign and domestic, and essential for re-
sponding to State and national emergencies. 
Attest: 
Clerk.