STAND. COM. REP. NO. 871

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.R. No. 28

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 28 entitled:

 

"SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING 2009 AS THE YEAR OF THE ARMY NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to urge the Governor to proclaim 2009 as the Year of the Army Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the United States Army.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one federal agency, one state agency, and one private organization.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the noncommissioned officers of the United States Army have served our country for over two hundred years and have played a vital role in protecting our safety and preserving our freedom over that length of time.  Your Committee also finds that the noncommissioned officers of the United States Army have been recognized by many other countries around the world as a model for military professionalism, competence, and efficiency.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity, including making a nonsubstantive change to the measure's title to eliminate redundancy.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 28, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 28, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair