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Proposed bill calls for measures to make military bases safer

TIFFANY L. PARKS
Special to the Legal News

Published: October 8, 2015

A pair of resolutions with military connections are among the newest measures to be introduced into the Ohio General Assembly.

House Concurrent Resolution 25, sponsored by Rep. Bill Hayes, R-Granville, urges Congress to take swift action to ensure that members of the U.S. armed forces are adequately armed for their protection at military bases and other military sites within the country.

The second proposal, House Concurrent Resolution 26, expresses support for The BratPin.

HCR 25 opens by acknowledging the murder of four U.S. Marines and one Navy petty officer in July at a U.S. armed services recruiting center and Naval Reserve Facility in Chattanooga.

Two others were wounded in the incident.

“In recent years, other attacks have occurred against U.S. armed forces members on military bases and at other military sites,” the resolution reads.

“The U.S. armed forces serve our country with courage and honor, and protect the freedom of our country.”

In turn, HCR 25 states that Congress should take “every feasible measure” to ensure military members are appropriately protected against attacks, including, but not limited to, securing their bases, work areas and recruiting sites.

HCR 26, jointly sponsored by Reps. Barbara Sears, R-Sylvania, and Mike Dovilla, R-Berea, offers support for the tokens created to honor dependents of military service members.

“Hundreds of thousands of adults in Ohio were raised by military service members,” the measure states, adding that children of service members make “significant personal sacrifices, often relocating with parents, growing up without a hometown, attending many different schools, and witnessing their parents’ multiple deployments, all before graduating from high school.”

From the late 1800s, the children of military service members have been affectionately known as “military brats.”

The resolution says that the nickname is known within the military culture as a term of endearment and respect from which military children take immense pride.

The BratPin was created by an Air Force military brat from Ohio to recognize and honor such children for their commitment, sacrifices and service to the state and nation.

Both resolutions have been assigned to the House Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee.

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