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  H.R. No. 199
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The Fort Hood community and citizens of Central
  Texas are celebrating Fort Hood Day on January 30, 2009, and this
  occasion provides a fitting opportunity to reflect on the
  extraordinary service rendered by this renowned military
  installation and its dedicated personnel; and
         WHEREAS, Officially opened on September 18, 1942, Fort Hood
  is the largest active-duty armored post in the United States, with a
  total area of 340 square miles; today, as the Army's "premier power
  projection platform," Fort Hood upholds its mission to maintain
  combat readiness and the capacity to mount a "rapid and massive
  military response"; and
         WHEREAS, Since the 1970s, Fort Hood has also been at the
  forefront in testing and introducing new equipment and training
  troops in its use, as well as in evaluating and incorporating new
  tactics and organizational structure; while troops at Fort Hood are
  predominantly focused on combat preparedness, they have also
  deployed to Bosnia in a peacekeeping capacity, and they routinely
  provide disaster relief both at home and abroad; and
         WHEREAS, More than 52,000 soldiers, one out of every 10 on
  active duty, are currently assigned to Fort Hood; the only military
  post in the United States that is able to support two armored
  divisions, the fort is home to the 1st Cavalry Division and the 4th
  Infantry Division, in addition to the III Corps Headquarters, the
  13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), the 3rd Armored Cavalry
  Regiment, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team 1st Infantry Division, and a
  number of other units; and
         WHEREAS, Since World War II, when the number of troops
  stationed at Fort Hood rose as high as 100,000, the post has trained
  and deployed soldiers for action in Korea, Vietnam, and the First
  Gulf War, as well as dispatched troops to Somalia, the Caribbean
  Basin, Central America, and Southwest Asia; and
         WHEREAS, To date, Fort Hood has deployed more troops for
  Operation Iraqi Freedom than any other base, and its 96th
  Transportation Company, which shipped out for its sixth tour of
  duty in October 2008, has deployed more often to Iraq than any other
  army unit; reflecting its heavy contribution to the war effort in
  that country, Fort Hood has sustained the most casualties in Iraq of
  any post; a number of Fort Hood units have also served in
  Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom; and
         WHEREAS, Among the myriad missions undertaken by Fort Hood
  troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, one that will forever be recounted
  in the history books is the capture of Saddam Hussein by the 1st
  Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division in December 2003;
  and
         WHEREAS, Through their courage, professionalism, and
  devotion to duty, the soldiers of Fort Hood exemplify the highest
  standards of the United States armed forces, and their fellow
  citizens owe to all these troops the deepest debt of gratitude; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize January 30, 2009, as Fort Hood Day and
  extend to all those assigned to that post profound appreciation for
  their exemplary valor and their immeasurable service in this
  nation's behalf.
 
  Miller of Erath
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Peña
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 199 was adopted by the House on
  February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House