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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING CAPTAIN JOHN KONDRATOWICZ ON HIS RETIREMENT, ON

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016, FROM THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AFTER THIRTY-SIX

YEARS OF EXEMPLARY AND DEVOTED MILITARY SERVICE TO OUR NATION

     Introduced By: Representatives Tobon, Barros, Malik, Azzinaro, and Lancia

     Date Introduced: June 16, 2016

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Captain John Kondratowicz, known by many as Captain "KZ", began his

distinguished military service to our country in 1980, when he enlisted in the military. He served

for a period of time in the United States Coast Guard and the United States Navy before he

graduated from Officer Candidate School in Yorktown, Virginia, in December of 1989; and

     WHEREAS, Captain Kondratowicz served tours of duty with the Coast Guard Group

Eastern Shore at Chincoteague, Virginia, from 1989 to 1991, and with the Fifth Coast Guard

District in Portsmouth, Virginia, from 1991 to 1993. From 1993 to 1996, he served as the

Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook, New Jersey; and

     WHEREAS, Captain Kondratowicz, thanks to his specialty in maritime security

operations and response, was assigned to Coast Guard Atlantic Area from 1996 to 2000, serving

as the Assistant Chief for the Port Security Section. From 2000 to 2003, he served as the

Operations Officer at Coast Guard Group Woods Hole; and

     WHEREAS, From 2003 to 2007, Captain Kondratowicz commissioned and became the

first Commanding Officer of Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston. He guided and led 92

persons and helped direct maritime security responses to key national events including the United

Nations Assembly, the Presidential Inauguration and Super Bowl XXXIX; and

     WHEREAS, From 2007 to 2008, Captain Kondratowicz served as the United States

Coast Guard's Liaison to the Navy Warfare Develop Command, where he coordinated the

development of significant joint service and international warfare doctrine as it related to the

United States Military's role in the homeland security mission. From 2008 to 2011, he served as

the Deputy Sector Commander in Southeastern New England, and from 2011 to 2013 he served

as the United States Coast Guard's Service Advisor to the United States Naval War College in

Newport, Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Since April of 2013, Captain Kondratowicz has been serving as the

Commander of Sector Southeastern New England. In this capacity, he serves as the Captain of the

Port and the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, of an area that includes Rhode Island,

Southeast Massachusetts, Cape Cod, and the Islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. He

oversees the execution of Coast Guard missions by eight Coast Guard small boat stations, two

aids to navigation teams, two marine safety detachments, and two sector offices. Captain

Kondratowicz has under his command, 462 active duty personnel, 110 reserve duty personnel, 19

civilian personnel, and 1,270 auxiliary personnel; and

     WHEREAS, Captain Kondratowicz attained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business

Administration from Charter Oak State College, and a Master of Arts degree in National Security

and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Captain John Kondratowicz on his retirement from

the United States Coast Guard after thirty-six years of exemplary and devoted military service to

our nation. We wish him a most happy retirement and continued success in all his future

endeavors; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Captain John Kondratowicz, United States

Coast Guard.

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