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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Shane Valverde of Alice has |
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deservedly received orders for the Purple Heart and Joint Service |
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Commendation Medal for his meritorious service in Afghanistan; and |
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WHEREAS, A 10-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Shane |
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Valverde joined the army in 2005 and was sent to the Helmand |
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Province of Afghanistan as a team leader in the Special Operations |
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Civil Affairs Forces; on December 29, 2005, he suffered multiple |
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wounds when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive |
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device; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Valverde grew up in Corpus Christi and completed |
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high school through Bee County Community College; joining the |
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Marine Corps, he rose through the ranks to become a sergeant before |
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being honorably discharged in December 2004; he rejoined the |
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military after a brief return to civilian life, during which time he |
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started a security consulting business; since returning stateside, |
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he has earned a private investigator license and worked as a |
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consultant for Chemonics; moreover, he has become involved in the |
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civic life of his community and is currently running for a place on |
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the Alice City Council; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, he enjoys the love and support |
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of his wife, the former Robin Aguillard, and their three children, |
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Isabella, Alyssa, and Sebastian; and |
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WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt of gratitude to Staff |
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Sergeant Valverde and to all of the country's military personnel, |
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for they are called on to bear great, often unimaginable, burdens, |
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and they render service and sacrifice that is truly beyond measure; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Through his unfaltering devotion to duty, honor, and |
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this country, Shane Valverde embodies the highest ideals of the |
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U.S. Armed Forces, and he is indeed deserving of his fellow |
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citizens' deepest respect; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Staff Sergeant Shane Valverde on his |
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orders to receive a Purple Heart and Joint Service Commendation |
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Medal and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Staff Sergeant Valverde as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |