1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 99 1-3 WHEREAS, The USNS Sisler will call on the Port of 1-4 Corpus Christi on January 28 through 31, 1999, and the 1-5 Texas Senate is pleased to honor her visit; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Honoring the memory of First Lieutenant 1-7 George Kenneth Sisler, the ship pays tribute to the gallant 1-8 Missouri native and United States Special Services Officer, who 1-9 posthumously received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his 1-10 service in Vietnam; and 1-11 WHEREAS, Lieutenant Sisler's widow, Mrs. Jane Sisler of 1-12 Corpus Christi, a teacher in the Corpus Christi Independent School 1-13 District, is the ship's honorary sponsor; and 1-14 WHEREAS, Assigned to the Military Sealift Command, the ship 1-15 is one of 19 ships that are the largest military cargo ships ever 1-16 built; the USNS Sisler is a recently built speed ro-ro (LMSR) 1-17 ship for the purpose of forward prepositioning and surge sealift of 1-18 United States military forces in the event of a military emergency; 1-19 and 1-20 WHEREAS, Honoring this ship will underscore the protection 1-21 that our citizens of South Texas enjoy as a result of the strategic 1-22 deployment of these ships and of the importance of the Port of 1-23 Corpus Christi as a site from which they may be deployed; and 1-24 WHEREAS, The people of this country possess their rights 2-1 and freedoms as a result of the sacrifices of countless men and 2-2 women who have given their lives to protect our way of life; and 2-3 WHEREAS, The contribution that the military makes to 2-4 South Texas is vital to the economy of the region and the continued 2-5 prosperity of its people; now, therefore, be it 2-6 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-7 76th Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of 2-8 First Lieutenant George Kenneth Sisler for his heroic action 2-9 and welcome the USNS Sisler to the Port of Corpus Christi; 2-10 and, be it further 2-11 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-12 Mrs. Jane Sisler, David Sisler, Jim Sisler, and Becky Wilson as 2-13 an expression of the high regard and esteem of the Texas Senate. 2-14 Truan 2-15 Armbrister Gallegos Nixon 2-16 Barrientos Harris Ogden 2-17 Bernsen Haywood Ratliff 2-18 Bivins Jackson Shapiro 2-19 Brown Lindsay Shapleigh 2-20 Cain Lucio Sibley 2-21 Carona Luna Wentworth 2-22 Duncan Madla West 2-23 Ellis Moncrief Whitmire 2-24 Fraser Nelson Zaffirini 2-25 Perry, President of the Senate 2-26 ______________________________________ 2-27 President of the Senate 2-28 I hereby certify that the above 2-29 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-30 on January 28, 1999. 2-31 ______________________________________ 2-32 Secretary of the Senate 2-33 ______________________________________ 2-34 Dean of the Senate