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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING THE COVENTRY AIR FORCE JROTC PROGRAM FOR ITS OUTSTANDING

SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS OF COVENTRY FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND ALSO

HONORING ROTC CADETS LIEUTENANT COLONEL MASON RAPOSA, CAPTAIN

ARAM HINZ, AND SECOND LIEUTENANT HANNAH REID

     Introduced By: Representatives Chippendale, and Tomasso

     Date Introduced: April 15, 2014

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, For more than forty years, thanks in part to the superb current leadership

and instruction provided by Steven G. Buteau, Colonel, USAF (Ret), a Senior Aerospace Science

Instructor for six years at Coventry High School, and Marc L. Boulay, Master Sergeant, USAF

(Ret), an Aerospace Science Instructor for eight years at Coventry High School, the Coventry Air

Force JROTC program has helped young men and women interested in military service to take

their first steps towards attaining the necessary skills to ensure a successful military career or

achievement in other endeavors. By successfully completing their training and course work, each

cadet begins to develop their leadership skills, learns to become self-reliant, improves their

physical fitness, and begins to understand the value and importance of personal responsibility.

They also learn more about citizenship and the value of patriotism and service to one's country,

while at the same time improving their ability to communicate, learning how to work effectively

as a member of a team, and gaining a greater appreciation for the United States Armed Forces and

its role in support of attaining national objectives and securing our freedoms; and

     WHEREAS, Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Mason Raposa is an outstanding young man and

cadet. He was the Cadet Commander for the Rhode Island 081st AFJROTC at Coventry High

School. He was also a member of the Championship RI-081st AFJROTC Falcon Drill Team

where he served for three years as Inspection Team Commander and one year as the Exhibition

Team Commander. He earned nine individual drill excellence awards and was a member of two

nationally ranked AFJROTC drill teams. He was also a member of the community color guard

and the unit honor guard. Additionally, he performed more than 100 hours of community service

at the local level in support of veteran's organizations. In honor of his outstanding four year

record as a cadet at Coventry High School, Cadet Raposa was named the recipient of the

American Legion General Military Excellence Award, the Reserve Officers Association Award,

was selected as the 2011 Freshman Cadet of the year, and the Junior Cadet of the Year for 2013.

He will continue his studies this fall at Johnson & Wales University; and

     WHEREAS, Cadet Captain Aram Hinz, a member of the Community Color Guard and

Honor Guard, served as Commander of the 2014 Air Force Junior ROTC Falcon Drill Team,

Vice-Commander of the 2013 Air Force Junior ROTC Falcon Drill Team, and was the Regulation

Drill Team Commander for 2013/2014. He was the recipient of seven individual drill awards and

was a member of two United States Air Force nationally ranked drill teams. Cadet Hinz

performed more than 100 hours of community service in support of a local community and

veteran's organizations. He is the recipient of the Veterans of Foreign Wars award and the

Outstanding Cadet Award. He will leave in July to serve in the United States Army as a Satellite

Communications Technician; and

     WHEREAS, Cadet Second Lieutenant Hannah Reid, a member of the Falcon Drill Team

for the last three years, has served as Squad Leader, Flight Commander, and Color Guard Bearer.

She received one national drill competition medal, and has served on the Community Color

Guard, where she completed more than 25 hours of community service. She will continue her

studies this fall at college; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby honors the Coventry Air Force JROTC program for its outstanding

service to the students of Coventry for over forty years; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That this House hereby honors Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Mason Raposa,

Cadet Captain Aram Hinz, and Cadet Second Lieutenant Hannah Reid; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Mason Raposa, Cadet

Captain Aram Hinz, and Cadet Second Lieutenant Hannah Reid.

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