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To urge the United States Department of Defense to | 1 |
reconsider any proposed Air National Guard force | 2 |
and equipment reductions at Rickenbacker Air | 3 |
National Guard Base. | 4 |
WHEREAS, The 129th General Assembly of the State of Ohio | 5 |
strongly opposes the disproportionate cuts facing Rickenbacker Air | 6 |
National Guard Base as part of the U.S. Air Force's fiscal 2013 | 7 |
budget request; and | 8 |
WHEREAS, The net result of the proposed Air National Guard | 9 |
force reductions and mitigation efforts involving Ohio is that | 10 |
Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base will lose 191 total jobs: 57 | 11 |
full-time and 134 part-time; and | 12 |
WHEREAS, Over the past decade our National Guard has evolved | 13 |
into a cost-effective operational force that is critical to our | 14 |
national security and our ability to respond to domestic | 15 |
emergencies; and | 16 |
WHEREAS, The Air National Guard provides thirty-five per cent | 17 |
of the U.S. Air Force's capability for six per cent of the budget, | 18 |
and | 19 |
WHEREAS, The Air National Guard performs a variety of | 20 |
domestic missions, including transporting vital personnel, | 21 |
equipment, and supplies during emergencies and assisting in daily | 22 |
drug interdiction operations; and | 23 |
WHEREAS, The 129th General Assembly of the State of Ohio is | 24 |
extremely proud of the role that Rickenbacker Air National Guard | 25 |
Base plays in protecting this state and the nation and their | 26 |
citizens, and finds that Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base | 27 |
houses a highly experienced and capable force, and plays an | 28 |
essential role in responding to domestic disasters and | 29 |
emergencies; now therefore be it | 30 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly | 31 |
of the State of Ohio, while we appreciate the need to reorganize, | 32 |
restructure, and modernize the military to meet new threats and | 33 |
economic realities, and understand the need for cost-effective | 34 |
means to achieve these goals, oppose the proposal to cut jobs at | 35 |
Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, and respectfully request | 36 |
that the Department of Defense reconsider any proposed Air | 37 |
National Guard force and equipment reductions at Rickenbacker Air | 38 |
National Guard Base and work with governors and local communities | 39 |
to fashion solutions that best serve the interests of the nation; | 40 |
and be it further | 41 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 42 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 43 |
President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States | 44 |
Department of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force, the members | 45 |
of the Ohio Congressional delegation, the Governor of Ohio, and | 46 |
the news media of Ohio. | 47 |