South Carolina H 4405: 2nd Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment Day in SC

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2025-2026 Bill 4405 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 24, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4405

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A house RESOLUTION

to declare April 30, 2025, as "2nd Battalion 151st 
Aviation Regiment day" in honor and appreciation of the professional and 
steadfast efforts of its soldiers to ensure the preservation of life and 
property for all South Carolinians. 

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives is deeply grateful to the men and women of 
the 2nd Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment of the South Carolina Army National 
Guard for their dedicated service in protecting the lives and property of 
citizens of the Palmetto State; and

Whereas, the South 
Carolina Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment is the 
premier domestic operations aviation battalion in the Southeast, consisting of 
CH-47F Chinook, UH-60 Blackhawk, and UH-72 Lakota helicopters, and has directly 
saved the lives and property of countless South Carolinians over the past six 
months; and

Whereas, dedicated to 
its motto, "Second to None," the 2nd Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment has 
flown 418.1 flight hours in direct support of domestic disaster-relief 
operations since Hurricane Helene, by far the most flight hours ever conducted 
in support of domestic operations in a single year by South Carolina Army 
National Guard aircraft; and

Whereas, the 2nd 
Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment maintainers have executed over 1,800 hours of 
helicopter maintenance during natural disasters to ensure that the unit stands 
ready and capable of preserving life and property within the State of South 
Carolina; and

Whereas, in the month 
of March 2025 alone, the 2nd Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment performed 1,617 
helicopter water drops resulting in more than 1,873,090 combined gallons of 
water being dispersed between the Horry County and Table Rock Complex fires; 
and

Whereas, the 2nd 
Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment has established forward refueling points at 
multiple locations across South Carolina to decrease aviation response time and 
increase the on-station time of aircraft directly responding to natural 
disasters; and

Whereas, the 2nd 
Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment has successfully performed seventy-four real-world 
hoist rescue missions, including seventeen pets rescued, since September 2024; 
and

Whereas, the 2nd 
Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment CH-47Fs delivered more than two hundred fifty-two 
tons of supplies for immediate life-support operations following Hurricane 
Helene; and

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives appreciates the continual sacrifice of personal 
time of soldiers in 2nd Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment and the consistent readiness 
and willingness that they maintain in order to answer the call of our State and 
nation immediately to preserve and protect our citizens during natural 
disasters. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, declare 
April 30, 2025, as "2nd Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment Day" in honor and 
appreciation of the professional and steadfast efforts of its soldiers to 
ensure the preservation of life and property for all South Carolinians.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to the 2nd Battalion 151st Aviation Regiment of the South Carolina 
Army National Guard. 

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