EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 35
WHEREAS, United States Marine Major James M. Weis was
raised in Toms River, New Jersey and graduated from Rutgers
University; and
WHEREAS, Major Weis joined the Marines in 1994 and was
commissioned on March 23, 1996; and
WHEREAS, Major Weis was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group
39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
based out of Camp Pendleton, California; and
WHEREAS, Major Weis has received some of our nation’s
highest military honors, including a Meritorious Service Medal,
two Air Medals for Individual Action, an Air Medal-Strike
Flight, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, two Navy and
Marine Corps Achievement Medals, and a Combat Action Ribbon;
and
WHEREAS, Major Weis was an ambitious and courageous man who
loved his country and the military; and
WHEREAS, Major Weis tragically lost his life while heroically
and selflessly serving his country in Helmand Province,
Afghanistan; and
WHEREAS, Major Weis was a dedicated soldier as well as a
loving son, husband, and father, whose memory lives in the
hearts of his family, friends, and fellow Marines; and
WHEREAS, Major Weis’s patriotism and dedicated service to
his country and his fellow Marines make it appropriate and
fitting for the State of New Jersey to remember him and his
family, to mark his passing, and to honor his memory;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRIS CHRISTIE, Governor of the State of
New Jersey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
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Constitution and by the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER
and DIRECT:
1. The flag of the United States of America and the flag
of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all
State
departments,
offices,
agencies,
and
instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Monday,
August 2, 2010 in recognition and mourning of a brave
and loyal American hero, United States Marine Major
James M. Weis.
2. This Order shall take effect immediately.
GIVEN, under my hand and seal this