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H.R. No. 239
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, It is indeed a privilege to welcome home the members
of the 136th Airlift Wing and to honor these heroic individuals for
their efforts in support of Operation Noble Eagle, Operation
Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom; and
WHEREAS, A component of the Texas Air National Guard, the
136th Airlift Wing is one of three flying units within the Texas Air
National Guard; the unit, which includes some 980 highly trained
personnel, joins active duty forces during wartime and serves the
State of Texas during peacetime; and
WHEREAS, These dedicated men and women have provided vital
airlift support to deployed troops in the Persian Gulf region,
including airland and airdrop delivery of cargo and personnel to
various countries in that region; the wing flies and maintains
eight C-130H aircraft, an all-purpose vehicle, cargo, and personnel
transport; and
WHEREAS, The 136th Airlift Wing recently exceeded 150,000
flying hours without a Class A mishap, an achievement that dates
back to 1965; despite logging 6,000 flight hours over the past
year--double the normal annual number of hours--the unit has flown
more than 2,100 sorties without a maintenance cancellation; and
WHEREAS, The men and women of our armed forces truly deserve
our deepest thanks and gratitude for their role in protecting and
preserving the freedoms that we hold dear, and the efforts of the
136th Airlift Wing and the Lone Star State's other military units
are indeed inspirational; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend the members of the
136th Airlift Wing for their participation in operations Noble
Eagle, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom and honor them for their
continued commitment to protecting the citizens of the United
States of America.
Zedler
Craddick Geren Mercer
Allen Giddings Merritt
Alonzo Goodman Miller
Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Berman Grusendorf Morrison
Bohac Guillen Mowery
Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat
Branch Haggerty Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira
Burnam Hardcastle Olivo
Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton
Campbell Hartnett Pena
Canales Heflin Phillips
Capelo Hegar Pickett
Casteel Hilderbran Pitts
Castro Hill Puente
Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla
Chisum Hodge Raymond
Christian Homer Reyna
Coleman Hope Riddle
Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter
Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez
Corte Hughes Rose
Crabb Hunter Seaman
Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons
Denny Keel Stick
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton
Dukes King Taylor
Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford
Dutton Krusee Thompson
Edwards Kuempel Truitt
Eiland Laney Turner
Eissler Laubenberg Uresti
Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale
Ellis Luna Villarreal
Escobar Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 239 was adopted by the House on
October 2, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House