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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, First Lieutenant Clinton L. Eubanks is rendering |
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outstanding service to this country as a member of the United States |
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Marine Corps; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on August 8, 1979, |
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Lieutenant Eubanks has called Houston home since 1983; he graduated |
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in 1998 from Westfield High School, where he was a National Merit |
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Scholar and a member of the band, and in 2002 he received a degree in |
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chemical engineering from Texas A&M University; for the next three |
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years, he worked as a research and development project manager with |
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Frito-Lay, and he is credited with a patent for an invention he |
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developed during that period; and |
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WHEREAS, After joining the marines in 2006, Lieutenant |
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Eubanks attended Officer Candidate School and then completed the |
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marine officers' Basic School and Infantry Course; in the fall of |
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2007, he was assigned to Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion, 3rd |
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Marine Regiment, which is based in Hawaii; and |
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WHEREAS, Deployed to Iraq in August 2008, Lieutenant Eubanks |
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served as a platoon commander northwest of Baghdad, in Al Anbar |
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Province; over the course of that deployment, he and his unit |
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conducted operations with and mentored different elements of the |
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Iraqi security forces; he also devoted a significant portion of his |
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time to a variety of critical infrastructure projects, such as the |
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renovation of schools and water purification plants and the |
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construction of a new medical facility; and |
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WHEREAS, Lieutenant Eubanks and his battalion returned to the |
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States in March 2009 and are scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan this |
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coming fall; and |
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WHEREAS, A man of strong faith, Lieutenant Eubanks |
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participated in the High School Praise Band at Champion Forest |
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Baptist Church in Houston and the College Praise Band at Central |
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Baptist Church in Bryan; he is the son of BJ and Phil Eubanks and the |
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brother of Travis Eubanks, who take great pride in all his |
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accomplishments; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his bravery, professionalism, and devotion |
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to duty, Lieutenant Eubanks embodies the highest values of the |
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United States Marine Corps, and he is indeed deserving of his fellow |
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citizens' deep respect and appreciation; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend First Lieutenant Clinton L. Eubanks for |
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his exemplary service in this country's behalf and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for continued success in all his endeavors; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Lieutenant Eubanks as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |