File #: 14-6566    Version: 1 Name: IN HONOR OF Commander Jure Kutleša
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 11/12/2014 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 11/19/2014 Final action: 11/19/2014
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN HONOR OF COMMANDER JURE KUTLE?A WHEREAS, on November 21, 2014 the Order of the Croatian Pleter is being awarded to Commander Jure Kutle?a, United States Navy (Retired), by President of the Republic of Croatia H.E. Prof. Dr. Ivo Josipovic; and WHEREAS, Commander Kutle?a was commissioned through the Naval ROTC program at Marquette University, where he graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts in History; and WHEREAS, Commander Kutle?a earned his Naval Flight Officer designation in 1989, and his first tour of duty was with Patrol Squadron Forty-Eight (VP-48) at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California; and WHEREAS, Commander Kutle?a was assigned to Antisubmarine Warfare Operations Center (ASWOC), Sigonella, Sicily, Italy in 1991; and WHEREAS, Commander Kutle?a was affiliated with the Navy Reserves in 1998, being attached to Naval Air Reserve Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Augmentation Unit at Naval Air Reserve Center Great Lakes, Illinois; a...
Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), JERRY BUTLER, EARLEAN COLLINS, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, EDWIN REYES, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
 
IN HONOR OF Commander Jure Kutleša
 
WHEREAS, on November 21, 2014 the Order of the Croatian Pleter is being awarded to Commander Jure Kutleša, United States Navy (Retired), by President of the Republic of Croatia H.E. Prof. Dr. Ivo Josipović;  and
 
WHEREAS, Commander Kutleša was commissioned through the Naval ROTC program at Marquette University, where he graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts in History; and
 
WHEREAS, Commander Kutleša earned his Naval Flight Officer designation in 1989, and his first tour of duty was with Patrol Squadron Forty-Eight (VP-48) at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California; and
 
WHEREAS, Commander Kutleša was assigned to Antisubmarine Warfare Operations Center (ASWOC), Sigonella, Sicily, Italy in 1991; and
 
WHEREAS, Commander Kutleša was affiliated with the Navy Reserves in 1998, being attached to Naval Air Reserve Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Augmentation Unit at Naval Air Reserve Center Great Lakes, Illinois; and
 
WHEREAS, in July 2000, Commander Kutleša was selected to return to active duty to serve as the Executive Officer (XO)  and upon completion of his XO tour in June 2004, Commander Kutleša returned to the Navy Reserves and joined Carrier Strike Group 12 at Naval Reserve Center Forest Park, Illinois; and
 
WHEREAS, in 2005 Commander Kutleša joined Commander Naval Forces Europe, Maritime Partnership Program Detachment 513 (CNE-MPP 513), where during this tour he was the second senior US representative to Croatian Navy - US Navy Staff Talks; and
 
WHEREAS, in January 2007, Commander Kutleša was assigned to Carrier Strike Group 12, and with the disestablishment of this unit, he returned to CNE-MPP 513 where he served as the Maritime Engagement Officer for the Croatia Country Team, the senior officer coordinating Navy Reserve interaction with the Republic of Croatia; and
 
WHEREAS,  Commander Kutleša received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and completed post-graduate studies with the U.S. Naval War College-College of Command and Staff where he earned his JPME Phase I; and
 
WHEREAS,  Commander Kutleša serves as a Nuclear Security Inspector with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III, in Lisle, Illinois, and  is authorized to wear the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2), the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, and various campaign and service awards; and
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,  that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County does hereby congratulate Commander Jure Kutleša on this joyous occasion, and tenders this expression of gratitude to him for his outstanding service; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this text be spread upon the Official Proceedings of this Honorable Body, and a suitable copy of the same be tendered to Commander Jure Kutleša in commemoration of this occasion.
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