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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING CHIEF JEFFREY CARL LITTLEFIELD ON HIS RETIREMENT

FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVY AFTER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF

DISTINGUISHED AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR NATION

     Introduced By: Senator Christopher S. Ottiano

     Date Introduced: January 18, 2012

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, Chief Jeffrey Carl Littlefield was born in Manassas, Virginia, on April 12,

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1972, and graduated from Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1990. He

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enlisted in the United States Navy on September 6, 1990, and attended Basic Training in Orlando,

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Florida. He also attended Builder “A” school in Gulfport, Mississippi; and

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     WHEREAS, After completing three years at Sub Base, he received orders to report to

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Amphibious Construction Battalion One in Coronado, California, and was advanced to Second

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Class Petty Officer. He also earned his Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist qualification and was

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assigned as the lead builder for camp construction. His deployments included Chinhe, South

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Korea; Kunsan Airbase, Camp MEC-P Pohang, Korea; Gladstone, Australia; and Mombasa,

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Kenya. After his tours, Chief Littlefield was selected for orders to report to Recruit Training

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Command, Great Lakes, Illinois. Chief Littlefield was the lead RDC for two CNO and three

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Battle “E” companies, and was qualified as a Master Training Specialist; and

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     WHEREAS, In 2004, Chief Littlefield received orders to report to Naval Air Station,

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Brunswick, and was assigned as the Assistant to the Director of Housing, Brunswick Naval

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Station. During his tour at Brunswick, he was promoted to First Class Petty Officer and received

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Certified Accreditation for Bachelor Housing, and his facilities were awarded two Admiral Elmo

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Zumwalt awards for excellence; and

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     WHEREAS, Upon completion of his tour, Chief Littlefield was assigned to Gulfport,

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Mississippi, where he re-qualified as a Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist and was assigned as

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QC Inspector Safety for AIR Det Al Taquaddum, Iraq. Additionally, he was assigned to design a

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parking ramp and runway system for VTOL Aircraft, and was assigned to a Combat Outpost

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Support Detachment of four men assigned to improve the quality of life for United States Marines

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in the Anbar Province. Chief Littlefield was also assigned to Camp Virginia, Kuwait, as the OIC

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for a 56- man detachment; and

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     WHEREAS, Upon completing his tour, Chief Littlefield was assigned to Construction

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Battalion Maintenance Unit 202, in Washington DC, as Operations Chief and Project Manager.

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While assigned to Washington DC, he again re-qualified as a Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist

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and supervised a crew of five Seabees in the Construction of the Year Seabee exhibit at the

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United States Memorial. He was also advanced to Chief Petty Officer during this tour; and

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     WHEREAS, Upon completion of this tour, Chief Littlefield was assigned to Naval

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Mobile Construction Unit 133. He deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, returning home in July of

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2010. He deployed in 2011 to Okinawa, Japan, serving as the Detachment AOIC. While there he

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and his troops provided support and assistance to the earthquake and tsunami victims. He retired

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from the United States Navy in November of 2011; and

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     WHEREAS, Chief Littlefield’s decorations include the Naval Achievement Medal (four

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awards), the Army Achievement Medal (two awards), the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation

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Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation, Battle “E” (three awards), the Good Conduct Medal (five

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awards), the National Defense Service Medal (two awards), the Southwest Asia Service Medal

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(with EGA), the Iraqi Campaign Medal (with EGA), the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal,

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the NATO Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal,

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the Korean Service Medal (two awards), the Humanitarian Service Medal (two awards), the

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Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (eight

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awards), the Recruit Division Commander Ribbon, the Navy Expert Rifleman Ribbon, the Navy

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Expert Pistol and Afghanistan Campaign Medal, and is an Honorary Member of the 4th Australian

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Light Horseman Brigade; and

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     WHEREAS, The son of the late YNCS Sumner C. Littlefield, USN, Ret., and Jean

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Cabral, Chief Littlefield followed in his father’s footsteps in pursuing a career in the United

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States Navy. He is married to Jessica Littlefield, and has four children, Ashley, Katelyn, David,

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and Kyela; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby congratulates Chief Jeffrey Carl Littlefield on his retirement from the United States Navy

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after twenty-one years of distinguished and dedicated service to our nation. We wish him

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continued success in all future endeavors; and be it further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Chief Jeffrey Carl Littlefield.

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