Posted Sunday, November 15, 2009 --- 11:10 a.m.

NEWS: Flags lowered to half-staff in Wisconsin Monday for Army Reserve Captain Russell Seager

Flags at Wisconsin National Guard armories, air bases and other facilities across the state will fly at half-staff Monday Nov. 16, in honor of Army Reserve Captain Russell Seager, Mount Pleasant, who died Nov. 5 of injuries received in the shootings at Fort Hood. The National Guard will render these honors in accordance with an executive order issued by Gov. Jim Doyle.

EXECUTIVE ORDER # 299 reads:

Relating to a Proclamation that the Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State of Wisconsin be Flown at Half-Staff as a Mark of Respect for Captain Russell Seager of the United States Army Reserve who Lost His Life at Fort Hood, Texas

WHEREAS, on November 5, 2009, Captain Russell Seager, assigned to the 467th Combat Stress Control Detachment, died as a result of the shootings at Fort Hood; and

WHEREAS, Captain Russell Seager provided faithful and honorable service to the people of the State of Wisconsin and the people of the United States; and

WHEREAS, the people of Wisconsin mourn the death of Captain Russell Seager; and

WHEREAS, Captain Russell Seager will be laid to rest on Monday, November 16, 2009;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIM DOYLE, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by Federal and State law, do hereby order that the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin shall be flown at half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations of the State of Wisconsin equipped with such flags beginning at sunrise on November 16, 2009, and ending at sunset on that date.

All Wisconsin state government facilities are covered by the governor’s order and a 2007 amendment to the U.S. Flag Code now requires all federal facilities in Wisconsin to comply. Other government agencies, businesses and private residences with flagpoles may also honor Captain Seager by lowering their U.S. and Wisconsin state flags to half-staff during the daylight hours on Nov 16.