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0790
Senate
Resolution 1254
By:
Senators Hill of the 4th and Kemp of the 46th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Colonel Robert Lee Izlar on the occasion of his retirement; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
throughout his illustrious career, Colonel Robert Lee Izlar has served the
United States Army and the Selective Service System with the utmost
professionalism, loyalty, honesty, and integrity, making him an inspiration to
all his friends and colleagues; and
WHEREAS,
Colonel Izlar, a native of Waycross, Georgia, and a 1967 graduate of Waycross
High School, graduated from the 82nd Airborne Division's Reconnaissance Commando
School at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, in 1970 and was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the United States Army at the University of Georgia in 1971;
and
WHEREAS,
after graduating from the Military Police School Officer Basic Course at Ft.
Gordon, Georgia, in 1972, he served on active duty with the United States Army
in the Republic of Korea from 1972-1973 as Provost Marshall of Camp Howard
Korea, Commander of the Eighth Army Sentry Dog Handlers' School, and as
Executive Officer of B Company, 728th Military Police Battalion;
and
WHEREAS,
upon his return from Korea, he served as executive officer of the 298th Military
Police Company at Ft. Stewart, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
he received a direct commission from the United States Army Reserve in 1982 and
was assigned as a Selective Service System Reserve Joint Forces Officer with the
United States Air Force Reserve 2400th Reserve Readiness and Mobilization
Squadron in Jackson, Mississippi; and
WHEREAS,
in 1986, he graduated from the Military Intelligence School Officer Advanced
Course at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona; and
WHEREAS,
in 1989, he was assigned as Selective Service System Reserve Joint Forces
Officer to the United States Army Reserve Detachment 1-19, First United States
Army at Naval Air Station Atlanta and graduated with honors from the United
States Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas;
and
WHEREAS,
he was appointed as executive officer in Selective Service System United States
Army Reserve Joint Forces Element 2-7 at Naval Air Station Atlanta in 1995;
and
WHEREAS,
named Selective Service System Region II Senior Grade Officer of the Year in
1998, he graduated with honors from the United States Air Force's Air War
College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in 1999; and
WHEREAS,
in 2005, Colonel Izlar was appointed commanding officer of Selective Service
System United States Army Reserve Joint Forces Element Detachment 2-7 at Naval
Air Station Atlanta and Deputy Commander Selective Service System Region II and
senior officer liaison to Selective Service System Region II state directors and
commanders at Smyrna, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
among his numerous decorations, he has received the Selective Service System's
Meritorious Service Medal, the Superior Service Medal, the Distinguished Service
Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with one
oak leaf cluster, Joint Service Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster,
the Meritorious Service Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and the
Legion of Merit Medal; and
WHEREAS,
on November 30, 2005, Colonel Izlar retired from the United States Army Reserve
after 30 years of dedicated service to this state and this country.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body join to
commend Colonel Robert Lee Izlar on his 30 years of extraordinary service to our
state and nation, to thank him for his many contributions to Georgia, and to
extend their best wishes for a happy and fulfilling retirement.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Colonel Robert Lee Izlar.