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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 17
Author: Block (D), et al.
Introduced:2/4/15
Vote: 21
SUBJECT: Navy Reserve Day
SOURCE: Navy Region Southwest
DIGEST: This resolution commemorates March 3, 2015, as the
100th anniversary of the United States Navy Reserve.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.The Naval Appropriations Act dated March 3, 1915, established
a United States Naval Reserve to "consist of citizens of the
United States who have been or may be entitled to be honorably
discharged from the Navy after not less than one four-year
term of enlistment or after a term of enlistment during
minority."
2.Men and women of the United States Navy Reserve have trained
and served alongside their active duty counterparts in
California since World War I.
3.In 1926, the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps was first
established, entrusted to only six American universities
including the University of California.
4.Tens of thousands of sailors in the Navy's Reserve, along with
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their families, are presently living and serving in
California; and, for 100 years, California has demonstrated
its commitment to the Navy Reserve, and its sailors and
families, by being home to the following:
Military Ocean Terminal Concord
Naval Air Facility El Centro
Naval Air Station Lemoore
Naval Air Station North Island
Naval Air Station Point Mugu
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island
Naval Base Coronado
Naval Base Point Loma
Naval Base Ventura County
Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme
Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach
Naval Postgraduate School Monterey
Naval Station San Diego
Naval Submarine Base San Diego
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona
Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach
Navy Region Southwest
This resolution commemorates March 3, 2015, as the 100th
anniversary of the United States Navy Reserve in the State of
California and encourages all Californians to take part in the
ceremonies commemorating the centennial, and urges that the
necessary steps be taken to inform Californians of the date of
these ceremonies and the locations of these events, so that all
may have the opportunity to show the importance of the United
States Navy's Reserve.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified2/18/15)
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Navy Region Southwest (source)
Prepared by:Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
2/18/15 15:59:34
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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