Bill Text: IL HR0072 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Major General Rodney Boyd of the Illinois National Guard on his promotion. Thanks him for his continued service to the State of Illinois and the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-16 - Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch [HR0072 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0072-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Major General Rodney Boyd | ||||||
| 4 | on the occasion of his recent promotion in the Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | National Guard; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, MG Boyd was promoted to major general on February | ||||||
| 7 | 4, 2023, becoming the highest-ranking officer of color in the | ||||||
| 8 | nearly 300-year history of the Illinois National Guard; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, MG Boyd grew up near Comiskey Park on the South | ||||||
| 10 | Side of Chicago and attended Wendell Phillips High School; he | ||||||
| 11 | earned his bachelor's degree in Criminology from Northern | ||||||
| 12 | Illinois University, his Master of Arts in Education from the | ||||||
| 13 | University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, and his Master of | ||||||
| 14 | Arts in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, In civilian life, MG Boyd served as chief of the | ||||||
| 16 | Village of Bellwood Police Department, retiring in 2013, and | ||||||
| 17 | also worked in the private sector; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, MG Boyd began his military career as a reservist | ||||||
| 19 | for the U.S. Marine Corps in 1982; after completing his | ||||||
| 20 | obligation with the Marines, he joined the Illinois Army | ||||||
| 21 | National Guard and attended the Illinois Army National Guard | ||||||
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| 1 | Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Camp Lincoln in Springfield | ||||||
| 2 | in April 1989; upon completion in August 1990, he was | ||||||
| 3 | commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster | ||||||
| 4 | Corps; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, MG Boyd's military education, in addition to | ||||||
| 6 | completing Basic Training and OCS, includes the Quartermaster | ||||||
| 7 | Officer Basic Course, the Quartermaster Officer Advance | ||||||
| 8 | Course, the Transportation Officer Advance Course, the | ||||||
| 9 | Combined Arms and Services Staff School (CAS3), the | ||||||
| 10 | Intermediate Leadership Education Course, the Theater | ||||||
| 11 | Sustainment Command Course, the Combat Service Support | ||||||
| 12 | Pre-Command Course, the Joint Combined Warfighter | ||||||
| 13 | School-Hybrid, and the Dual Status Commander Course; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, MG Boyd has held many leadership and staff | ||||||
| 15 | positions during his more than 35 years of service in the | ||||||
| 16 | Illinois National Guard; prior to his elevation to major | ||||||
| 17 | general, he was promoted to brigadier general in March 2020, | ||||||
| 18 | becoming only the second Black American to hold this title; he | ||||||
| 19 | then assumed the role of assistant adjutant general in July | ||||||
| 20 | 2021, becoming the first Black American to ever command the | ||||||
| 21 | State's 10,000 Army National Guard citizen-soldiers; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, MG Boyd has earned a number of military awards | ||||||
| 23 | and decorations, including the Legion of Merit, the Bronze | ||||||
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| 1 | Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the | ||||||
| 2 | Meritorious Service Medal (2nd Award), the National Defense | ||||||
| 3 | Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, the Iraq Campaign | ||||||
| 4 | Medal with one Campaign Star, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal | ||||||
| 5 | with one Campaign Star, the Global War on Terrorism Service | ||||||
| 6 | Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, MG Boyd is married to Darlene Boyd, and they have | ||||||
| 9 | two adult sons, Rodney Jr. and Randy, and one grandson; | ||||||
| 10 | therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 12 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we congratulate Major General Rodney Boyd on his promotion and | ||||||
| 14 | thank him for his continued service to the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | and the United States; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to MG Boyd as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 18 | respect.
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