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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Gary Walston is retiring from his position as |
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director of the Texas Committee for the Employer Support of the |
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Guard and Reserve (ESGR) in June 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, After volunteering his time to serve as the Texas |
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ombudsman coordinator and chairman of the National Committee's |
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Ombudsman Subcommittee, Mr. Walston accepted the reins of the |
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fledgling ESGR program in June 2005; under his able guidance, the |
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Texas Committee for the ESGR has established a full-time support |
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system with a fully staffed and effective office; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Walston's three-decade military career included |
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tenures with the U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard; before |
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his retirement from active guard status in 1995, he worked with the |
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Pentagon to assist in the development of the Rated Distribution and |
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Training Development program and served as chief of Air National |
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Guard Manpower and Organization, assistant deputy for operations at |
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the 136th Airlift Wing, and commander of the 149th Fighter Wing; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Walston has been a valued member of the Order of |
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Daedalians, the leading military pilot fraternity, which he has |
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served two terms as a director; and |
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WHEREAS, His uncompromising dedication to his fellow guard |
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members has earned the lasting respect and admiration of all who are |
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privileged to know him, and his retirement provides a fitting |
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opportunity to honor him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Gary Walston on the occasion of his |
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retirement from the Texas Committee for the Employer Support of the |
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Guard and Reserve (ESGR) and extend to him sincere best wishes for |
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the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Walston as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Noriega |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2614 was adopted by the House on May |
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25, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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