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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Some of our nation's best and brightest military |
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personnel are gathering in Austin on March 31, 2011, for United |
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States Army Senior Service College Fellows Program Day at the State |
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Capitol; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than 20 years, the U.S. Army has designated |
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The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University as host |
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schools for the army's Senior Service College Fellows Program, a |
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component of the United States Army War College; and |
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WHEREAS, This intensive academic year of study has a |
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trilateral focus that includes national security policy and |
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process, technology and industry, and army/joint policy and |
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process; the national security policy and process module is a |
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combination of directed and elective study using curriculum within |
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the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the McCombs School of Business, |
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The University of Texas Department of Government, and the Bush |
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School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M; it is |
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complemented with guest speakers from key army commands, industry, |
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and Congress, along with operational and world leaders; and |
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WHEREAS, Those chosen for the program are among the top three |
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percent of U.S. Army officers; this year's class of 13 have given a |
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combined total of more than 250 years of military and wartime |
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service and have served on numerous deployments in support of |
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Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi |
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Freedom; these distinguished officers are as follows: former state |
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representative Colonel Rick Noriega, Colonel John Anderson, |
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Lieutenant Colonel (P) William Bailey, Colonel Timothy Baxter, |
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Lieutenant Colonel (P) David Kaczmarski, Colonel Robert McVay, |
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Lieutenant Colonel William Phillips, Colonel Kurt Pinkerton, |
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Lieutenant Colonel Dale Rivers, Lieutenant Colonel William Robare, |
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Colonel Maria Zumwalt, Colonel James Raymer, and Lieutenant Colonel |
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Willie Rios; and |
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WHEREAS, The Fellows have been successfully led through the |
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program by Lieutenant General Joe Yakovac, Retired; after |
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completing their U.S. Army War College requirements through Texas |
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universities, they will move on to assignments in senior military |
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leadership positions around the world; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize March 31, 2011, as United States Army |
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Senior Service College Fellows Program Day at the State Capitol and |
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commend the members of this outstanding group for their prestigious |
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military educational achievement. |