By: Wentworth S.R. No. 1011 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 1-3 recognize Major Randy Pullen on his new assignment as Deputy 1-4 Chief Public Affairs/Assistant PAO for the Reserve Component PA, 1-5 HQ, United States Army Pacific at Fort Shafter, Hawaii; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Raised in Bloomfield, Indiana, he graduated from 1-7 Indiana University in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in history; 1-8 he was commissioned in the Field Artillery from Indiana University 1-9 Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Major Pullen's career highlights have included a 1-11 tour with the First Armored Division in Germany from 1978 through 1-12 1981 and tours in the United States at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1-13 and Fort Sill, Oklahoma; and 1-14 WHEREAS, During his tour as a Reserve Public Affairs staff 1-15 officer with HQ, Central Command, he worked on the huge media 1-16 event that took place when General Norman Schwarzkopf returned 1-17 triumphantly to the United States after Operation Desert Storm; 1-18 and 1-19 WHEREAS, During his assignment at Fifth Army, Major Pullen 1-20 was deployed to Somalia in October, 1993, as Media Operations 1-21 Chief for United States Forces Somalia Joint Information Bureau 1-22 in which he was part of a joint service public affairs unit telling 1-23 the story of United States forces in Somalia; and 2-1 WHEREAS, With that behind him, he looks forward to his new 2-2 Hawaii assignment; now, therefore, be it 2-3 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-4 74th Legislature, hereby congratulate Major Randy Pullen and 2-5 wish him well in his future assignments; and, be it further 2-6 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for him 2-7 as an expression of the highest regard of the Texas Senate. 2-8 ______________________________________ 2-9 President of the Senate 2-10 I hereby certify that the above 2-11 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-12 on May 10, 1995. 2-13 ______________________________________ 2-14 Secretary of the Senate 2-15 ______________________________________ 2-16 Member, Texas Senate