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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING COLONEL KIMBERLEE AIELLO ON HER RETIREMENT FROM

THE UNITED STATES ARMY AFTER TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF DEVOTED AND

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO OUR NATION

     Introduced By: Senator Hanna M. Gallo

     Date Introduced: May 21, 2021

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, Colonel Kimberlee “Kim” Aiello is a native Rhode Islander who was

commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Medical Service Corps through

the Northeastern University ROTC program as a Distinguished Military Graduate. She is

currently working as the Public Market Director for Health Information Systems, 3M; and

     WHEREAS, Colonel Aiello’s previous Army assignments have included serving as an

Adjutant for the 55th Medical Group, Treatment Platoon Leader, Ambulance Platoon Leader, and

Company Executive Officer for the 261st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, as an S1/Adjutant,

for the 28th Combat Support Hospital at Fort Bragg, and in other senior positions at Fort Hood,

Fort Lewis and the Office of the Surgeon General. She also served at Fort Bragg as the Secretary

to the General Staff, 44th Medical Command and as the G3 to the 44th Medical Command, and

as an Executive Officer with the 32nd Multifunctional Medical Battalion where she deployed in

support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF); and

     WHEREAS, Colonel Aiello has held numerous commands throughout her distinguished

military career including serving as the Commander of Bravo Company, 28th Combat support

Hospital at Fort Bragg, Commander of Echo Company, 704th Division Support Battalion, 4th

Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Commander of the 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd

Medical Brigade, Joint Base Lewis McChord, and of the 10th Combat Support Hospital at Fort

Carson, where she deployed in support of Operations Spartan Shield and Inherent Resolve

(OSS/OIR). Most recently, Colonel Aiello served as the Commander of the 44th Medical

Brigade, where she deployed in support of the Covid-19 response to FEMA Regions I-IV/VI, and

led the Javits New York Medical Station DoD mission; and

     WHEREAS, Colonel Aiello has received numerous awards in recognition of her

exemplary military career including the Legion of Merit Award with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the

Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Meritorious

Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Joint Army Commendation Medal, the Army

Commendation Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with four Oak

Leaf Clusters, the Meritorious Unit Citation, the National Defense Service Medal, the Iraq

Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on

Terrorism Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the

Expert Field Medical Badge, the Parachutist Badge, and the German Parachutist Badge; and

     WHEREAS, Colonel Aiello is also the recipient of the Order of Military Medical Merit

Award, the Army Medical Department of the United States Army’s (AMEDD) Proficiency

Designator Award, and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).

She also holds a Master of Healthcare Administration from Baylor University, where she earned

the Boone Powell Research Award, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the Air War College.

She is married to Colonel Larry Aiello and they have two children, Nicholas and Hannah; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates Colonel

Kimberlee Aiello on her retirement from the United States Army after twenty-nine years of

devoted and distinguished service to our nation. We furthermore wish her continued success in all

her future endeavors; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Colonel Kimberlee Aiello.

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