Legislature(2019 - 2020)BUTROVICH 205
03/05/2020 03:30 PM Senate STATE AFFAIRS
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| SB133 | |
| SB97 | |
| SB183 | |
| SCR11 | |
| Adjourn |
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| *+ | SB 133 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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| *+ | SB 183 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SCR 11 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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SCR 11-DECORATION OF HONOR AWARD: GABRIEL CONDE
5:08:29 PM
CHAIR REVAK announced the consideration of SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION NO. 11, Relating to awarding the Alaska Decoration of
Honor to Gabriel David Conde.
5:08:47 PM
DUSTIN ELSBERRY, Staff, Senator Joshua Revak, Alaska State
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, presented SCR 11 on behalf of the
sponsor. He read the following sponsor statement:
This resolution awards the Alaska Decoration of Honor
to SPC. Gabriel David Conde, a paratrooper stationed
at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson who lost his life
in the line of duty on April 30, 2018 while honorably
serving our state and country in Afghanistan.
The Alaska Decoration of Honor is awarded to military
service members from Alaska, or those service members
deployed while stationed in Alaska, who are killed
serving our nation abroad. The Legislature must
authorize the award by resolution, so the decoration
can be presented to the recipients' survivors.
Conde was raised in Colorado and graduated from
Berthoud High School in 2014. He was known there as an
intelligent and adventurous student, who competed in
track and field for the school's team, the "Spartans."
After graduation, he attended the Colorado School of
Mines for a year, before heeding his personal call to
military service by enlisting in the U.S. Army. His
unit is part of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
of the 25th Infantry Division, which is also known as
"The Spartans" for their fierceness in battle, their
love of their homeland, and their devotion to duty.
This "spartan" was killed by small arms fire in
eastern Afghanistan's Tagab District, only a few weeks
away from rotation back to Alaska. This was Conde's
first overseas deployment, during which he, along with
his comrades, supported Operation Freedom Sentinel.
The mission of the United States and its allies to
maintain a limited military presence to train, advise
and assist Afghan forces and to conduct counter-
terrorism operations against the remnants of Al Qaeda.
Passage of SCR 11 will allow Conde's family to receive
the decoration in honor of their loved one's
sacrifice. While it is our fervent hope that all those
in uniform will return home safely, the reality is
that a few will not. It is our obligation, and our
privilege, to authorize this decoration in honor of
one of these national heroes, SPC. Gabriel David
Conde.
5:11:11 PM
CHAIR REVAK opened public testimony and after determining no one
wished to testify, closed public testimony on SCR 11.
5:11:39 PM
SENATOR COGHILL moved to report SCR 11 from committee with
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note.
CHAIR REVAK found no objection and SCR 11 was reported from the
Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.