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79S30907 MMS-D

By:  Allen                                                        H.R. No. 332



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Colonel Glenn E. Ballard is retiring from the United 
States Army in June 2006, and throughout his 29-year career in the 
military he has rendered exceptional service to this country; and
	WHEREAS, Since September 2001, Colonel Ballard has commanded 
the 12th Battalion (CAS3), 6th Brigade, 95th Division (IT); in that 
post, he has overseen Combined Arms and Services Staff School 
(CAS3) instruction in nine states:  Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, 
Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa; and
	WHEREAS, This distinguished officer joined the army in 1970 
and received a commission the following year as a first lieutenant; 
assigned as an occupational therapist to the Medical Specialist 
Corps, he served at Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco 
and at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington; and
	WHEREAS, After a short break from active service, he joined 
the 3457th Medical Training Center in Houston to learn military 
teaching techniques and to supervise the training at the 91C 
school; he then worked as an S-3 assistant at the 330th General 
Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, before taking a second break from 
active duty; and
	WHEREAS, Colonel Ballard reenlisted and received a promotion 
to major in 1989; his new assignment took him to the 94th General 
Hospital in the Dallas area, where he served as the hospital's 
movement officer until 1997; in 1991 he deployed to Germany, when 
the hospital was activated in support of Operation Desert Storm, 
and in 1992 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel; and
	WHEREAS, Certified as a CAS3 instructor in 1997, Colonel 
Ballard became the training director for Arkansas one year later 
and held that post until assuming his present office; and
	WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas Medical 
Branch, where he earned a B.S. in the Occupational Therapy School, 
Colonel Ballard also holds an M.A. in behavioral science from the 
University of Houston at Clear Lake; and
	WHEREAS, Glenn Ballard is the husband of Paige Rhinehart and 
the father of a son, Jason; and
	WHEREAS, The awards and decorations conferred on Colonel 
Ballard include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation 
Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Ribbon, 
Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and Army Overseas 
Service Ribbon; and
	WHEREAS, During Colonel Ballard's tenure as commander of the 
12th Battalion, he has been instrumental in shaping one of the 
army's most respected training programs for staff officers, and 
through his deep devotion to this country and his consummate 
professionalism, he has embodied the highest ideals of the United 
States armed forces; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby honor Colonel Glenn E. 
Ballard on the occasion of his retirement from the United States 
Army and extend to him deep appreciation for his exemplary military 
service; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Colonel Ballard as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.