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GA HR1945
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/20/2012
Primary Sponsor
Jon Burns
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution commending Staff Sergeant Scott Millican for his dedicated military service and sacrificing for his country, introduced by Representatives Tankersley (158th), Parrish (156th), and Burns (157th)
- SSG Millican served a 15-year military career, first as an Army medic from 1987 to 1996, then re-enlisted with the Georgia National Guard's 810th Engineers in 2007 during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
- During his second deployment as a combat engineer in 2010, he was left paralyzed with multiple fractures after his MRAP vehicle triggered a 250-pound bomb in Ghazni, Afghanistan
- SSG Millican spent 11 months in a veterans' hospital and continued physical therapy, regaining some leg movement but still suffering from spinal cord bruising and muscle atrophy
- The resolution extends best wishes for a speedy and full recovery and directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy to SSG Millican
Legislative Description
Millican, Staff Sergeant Scott; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/20/2012
Full Bill Text
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