SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 65



	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 

recognize the soldiers of the 507th Medical Company (Air Ambulance)

of the United States Army for their invaluable work in providing 

medical evacuation of the sick and wounded; and

	WHEREAS, Based out of Fort Hood, Texas, this outstanding 

unit performs its duties in both peace and wartime; in

January of 2003, the unit gave up its peacetime mission and 

deployed to Kuwait to prepare for Operation Iraqi Freedom; and

	WHEREAS, The aircraft of the 507th Medical Company

(Air Ambulance) were the first coalition aircraft to land in 

Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom; in support of the

3rd Infantry Division, the crews of this unit evacuated 463 

casualties while flying over 1,000 hours; for the crews' heroics, 

the company was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, and many 

of the crews received Air Medals with Valor; and

	WHEREAS, On February 17, 2004, this courageous unit 

returned to Iraq for its second tour of duty; this time it was 

assigned to the 1st Marine Division in western Iraq, where its 

members provided continuous evacuation operations for over 365 

days; in 3,700 hours of flight operations, the unit airlifted 

close to 1,800 casualties to safety; and

	WHEREAS, The 507th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) was 

recently redesignated and reassigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion,

4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Infantry Division; the unit already 

has orders to deploy in November of 2005 for its third tour of 

duty in Iraq, making it the most highly deployed unit in the 

entire United States military; the unit is truly the embodiment 

of dedicated service and courage; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,

79th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend the 

soldiers of the 507th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) for their 

heroic service and sacrifice on behalf of our fighting forces; 

and, be it further

	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 

the unit as an expression of gratitude and high regard from the 

Texas Senate.

                                                                           Ogden









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    President of the Senate

 

    I hereby certify that the 

above Resolution was adopted by 

the Senate on August 8, 2005.







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    Secretary of the Senate







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     Member, Texas Senate