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GA HR1945

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/20/2012

Primary Sponsor

Jon Burns

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Origin

House of Representatives

2011-2012 Regular Session

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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