REFERENCE TITLE: PFC Michael Noline memorial highway

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SCM 1006

Introduced by

Senator Rogers

A CONCURRENT MEMORIAL

Urging the state board on geographic and historic names to designate a portion of United States route 70 as the PFC Michael A. Noline Memorial highway.

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To the Chairperson of the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names:

Your memorialist respectfully represents:

Whereas, raised in Peridot, Arizona, Private First Class (PFC) Michael A. Noline was a proud member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and Arizonan whose life and service left a lasting legacy in his community and state; and

Whereas, Michael A. Noline graduated from Globe High School, further rooting his legacy in the Miami-Globe area and among the people who knew and cherished him; and

Whereas, Michael served his country honorably as a Private First Class in the United States Marine Corps, demonstrating courage, commitment and sacrifice; and

Whereas, on January 26, 1991, while returning from a successful raid in the early days of Operation Desert Storm, Michael was tragically killed and is marked as the first Arizonan to die in that war; and

Whereas, PFC Michael A. Noline was truly a son of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and the Miami-Globe area, where his family resides, where he was raised and where his memory continues to inspire; and

Whereas, the Legislature recognizes the significant contributions and ultimate sacrifice of PFC Michael A. Noline and the enduring impact his legacy has had on his community, this state and this country.

Wherefore, your memorialist, the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring, prays:

1. That the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names rename the portion of United States Route 70 from the intersection of State Route 77 to United States Route 70 milepost 300 in Bylas, Arizona as the PFC Michael A. Noline Memorial Highway.

2. That the Secretary of State transmit a copy of this Memorial to the Chairperson of the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names.