HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

53

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 


HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

recognizing the CONTINUing importance of FORT SHAFTER to the State of Hawaii and to the country, its people, and security, ON THE OCCASION OF ITS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, the military exists to serve our country and state by protecting our citizens and other enduring national interests; and

 

     WHEREAS, construction on FORT SHAFTER began in 1905 on the ahupua'a of Kahauiki, former Hawaiian crown lands; and

 

     WHEREAS, FORT SHAFTER, which was named after Major General William R. Shafter (1835-1906) who led the United States expedition to Cuba in 1898, has served as the headquarters of the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) since 1907; and

 

     WHEREAS, USARPAC commands most Army forces in the Asia-Pacific region with the exception of Korea, with the mission of promoting regional stability, providing United States Pacific Command (PACOM) with trained and ready force to support security operations that range from engagement to war fighting, and ensuring successful crisis response or decisive victory; and

 

     WHEREAS, since September 11, 2001, USARPAC soldiers have played a vital role in homeland defense for Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and Japan, and have provided critical support for operations with our nation's allies elsewhere in the region; and

 

     WHEREAS, in the years to come, USARPAC will remain vital to national security strategy in this dynamic region and will continue to meet the Army's evolving requirements and vision for America's army in the Pacific as a tailored, highly deployable multi-component contributor to joint and multinational teams; capable of quick crisis response and decisive victory; ready, responsive, and engaged; values-based; supportive of and caring for its soldiers, civilians, and families; and supportive of the PACOM’s strategy of promoting peace, democracy, security, and peaceful development in the Asia-Pacific region; and

 

     WHEREAS, FORT SHAFTER ranks as one of the state's largest employers, with more than 25,000 full-time soldiers and civilians employed throughout the Pacific and 9,000 more in the National Guard and Army Reserve; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2007, that this body hereby recognizes the continuing importance of FORT SHAFTER to the State of Hawaii and to the country, its people, and security on the occasion of its centennial celebration, and extends its sincerest appreciation and wishes for a strengthened relationship in the coming years.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

FORT SHAFTER; CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION