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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO UNITED STATES ARMY BRIGADIER GENERAL JACK

HAMMOND (RETIRED) FOR FOUNDING HOME BASE NATIONAL CENTER OF

EXCELLENCE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND BRAIN INJURIES, WHICH PROVIDES

MUCH-NEEDED SERVICES TO VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT NO COST

     Introduced By: Representatives Casey, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale,
Paplauskas, Craven, Solomon, Phillips, Kennedy, and Ajello

     Date Introduced: June 03, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Retired United States Army Brigadier General Jack Hammond currently

serves as the Chief Executive for the Home Base National Center of Excellence for Mental

Health and Brain Injuries. General Hammond is a highly decorated combat leader who served our

nation with honor and abiding integrity. General Hammond led both United States and NATO

forces in combat and counter-terrorism operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan, which include

leading more than one hundred successful counter-terrorist operations in Iraq; and

     WHEREAS, General Hammond is also a private sector innovator who has served with

distinction on a myriad of advisory groups for Presidents, Governors and businesses. General

Hammond has also given speeches and led discussion groups on his innovative programs and his

leadership skills at the White House, the United Kingdom’s Parliament, Presidential Libraries,

and with leading national companies working in the national defense, construction,

biotechnology, and marketing sectors; and

     WHEREAS, In 2012, General Hammond was asked to lead Home Base, which is a

unique partnership between the Boston Red Sox and Massachusetts General Hospital. Over the

last decade, General Hammond and his team have established our nation’s first private sector

Center for Excellence for the Invisible Wounds program, developed innovative and effective

solutions for mental health and brain injuries, and worked collaboratively with the faculty and

clinical resources of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, to find new

answers to address veterans’ mental health and brain injury care needs. All of these treatments are

provided free of charge to the veterans, military service members, and the families they care for;

and

     WHEREAS, General Hammond has attained degrees from the University of

Massachusetts and Boston University, and completed a National Security Fellowship at Harvard

University. General Hammond has received numerous military awards and decorations in

recognition of his exemplary service to our nation, including the Distinguished Service Medal,

the Legion of Merit Medal for combat service, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service

Medals, the Army Commendation Medal for Valor, two Valorous Unit Awards, the Combat

Action Badge, the French Medal of National Defense, and the Bulgarian Medal of Mission

Support; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

honors and thanks United States Army Brigadier General Jack Hammond (Retired), for founding

Home Base National Center of Excellence for Mental Health and Brain Injuries providing much-

needed services to veterans and their families at no cost; now, therefore be it

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to General Jack Hammond, (Retired).

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