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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Colonel Carlos Tamez is retiring as commander of the |
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3rd Medical Training Brigade at Joint Base San Antonio on |
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October 16, 2021, drawing to a close an exemplary career in the |
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service of his nation that has spanned more than three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Carlos Tamez is an alumnus of Texas A&M University, |
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where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1990 and was commissioned |
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through the Army ROTC program; he entered military service as part |
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of the Simultaneous Membership Program and received extensive |
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training through the Northern Warfare School, army flight school, |
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air assault school, and other courses; his early assignments |
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included flying disaster relief missions in Guyana, South America, |
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and participating in peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia and |
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Herzegovina; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2003, Colonel Tamez deployed with the 82nd |
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Airborne Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and he |
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went on to oversee medical evacuation support missions that |
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successfully transported nearly 2,000 patients out of the |
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battlefield; he has served in a variety of other leadership |
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positions throughout his career, and he assumed his most recent |
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role as commander of the 3rd Medical Training Brigade at JBSA on |
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December 8, 2019; in the course of his duties, he has also commanded |
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the 7306th Medical Exercise Support Battalion in the Medical |
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Readiness and Training Command; and |
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WHEREAS, Colonel Tamez is the recipient of numerous awards |
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and decorations, among them two Bronze Star Medals, two Meritorious |
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Service Medals, and the Combat Action Badge, and he is a member of |
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the U.S. Army Cavalry Order of the Spur and the Order of Military |
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Medical Merit; in all his endeavors, he enjoys the love and support |
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of his wife, Patricia Tamez, and their children, Celeste and Aaron; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Carlos Tamez has embodied the highest ideals of the |
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United States armed forces throughout his distinguished military |
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career, and he may indeed reflect with pride on all that he has |
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accomplished in this nation's behalf; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Colonel |
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Carlos Tamez on his retirement as commander of the 3rd Medical |
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Training Brigade at Joint Base San Antonio and extend to him sincere |
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best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Colonel Tamez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |