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  H.R. No. 205
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         WHEREAS, United States Air Force Colonel Michael R. Frankel,
  commander of the 47th Flying Training Wing at Laughlin Air Force
  Base, has long rendered exceptional service to this country; and
         WHEREAS, In his present assignment, Colonel Frankel is
  responsible for undergraduate flight training for United States Air
  Force and allied officers; he commands a wing that operates 238
  training aircraft and that logs more than 80,000 flying hours and
  55,000 sorties a year; Colonel Frankel is also responsible for
  ensuring that all the units under his command are able to deploy in
  support of combat operations worldwide; and
         WHEREAS, An alumnus of the United States Merchant Marine
  Academy, Mike Frankel was commissioned into the air force in 1988;
  he graduated with distinction from the USAF Weapons School in 1996,
  attended the Air Command and Staff College in 2000, and holds
  master's degrees in military operational art and science from Air
  University and in national security strategy from the National War
  College; and
         WHEREAS, Colonel Frankel previously served as commander of
  the 12th Fighter Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base from 2005 to
  2006; during that time, his squadron won the Hughes Trophy, the most
  prestigious air force award bestowed on an air fighter defense
  squadron, and claimed the William Tell championship, the title
  given to the winner of the USAF biennial fighter gunnery
  competition; and
         WHEREAS, After attending the National War College in 2007,
  Colonel Frankel served as executive officer to the commander,
  Allied Air Component Command, Headquarters, Izmir, Turkey, from
  2007 to 2008, as division chief in the Deputy Directorate for
  Special Operations, Joint Staff, from 2008 to 2009, and as vice
  commander of the 12th Flying Training Wing at Randolph Air Force
  Base from 2009 to 2010; and
         WHEREAS, Rated as a command pilot, Colonel Frankel has
  amassed 2,400 flight hours and more than 250 combat hours; he was
  the youngest F-15C pilot to deploy with the 27th Tactical Fighter
  Squadron for service in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm; in
  addition to the F-15C, he is qualified to fly the T-37 and T-38; and
         WHEREAS, Among the numerous awards conferred on Colonel
  Frankel have been the Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense
  Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with four oak
  leaf clusters, Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Aerial
  Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Commendation Medal
  with four oak leaf clusters, and Combat Readiness Medal with three
  oak leaf clusters; and
         WHEREAS, Throughout a career distinguished by decisive
  leadership and consummate professionalism, Colonel Frankel has set
  the highest standards of excellence in the execution of his duties,
  and he has earned the gratitude of every Texan; now, therefore, be
  it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
  Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend Colonel Michael R.
  Frankel for his outstanding military service and extend to him
  sincere best wishes for continued success in all his endeavors;
  and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Colonel Frankel as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives.
 
  Gallego
 
 
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
 
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
 
Allen Gooden Murphy
 
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
 
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
 
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
 
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
 
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
 
Aycock Harless Parker
 
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
 
Berman Hartnett Paxton
 
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
 
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
 
Branch Hochberg Phillips
 
Brown Hopson Pickett
 
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
 
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
 
Button Huberty Quintanilla
 
Cain Hughes Raymond
 
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
 
Carter Isaac Riddle
 
Castro Jackson Ritter
 
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
 
Christian Keffer Schwertner
 
Coleman King of Parker Scott
 
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
 
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
 
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
 
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
 
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
 
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
 
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
 
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
 
Deshotel Lavender Strama
 
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
 
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
 
Dutton Lozano Thompson
 
Eiland Lucio III Torres
 
Eissler Lyne Truitt
 
Elkins Madden Turner
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Margo Villarreal
 
Fletcher Marquez Vo
 
Flynn Martinez Walle
 
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
 
Gallego McClendon White
 
Garza Menendez Woolley
 
Geren Miles Workman
 
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
 
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 205 was adopted by the House on June 28,
  2011, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House