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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Second Lieutenant Jacob A. Fernandez has displayed |
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exceptional valor while serving his country with the U.S. Marine |
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Corps, and he is truly worthy of special recognition; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on August 13, 1984, to Midiam M. Flores and |
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Ralph Anthony Fernandez, Jacob Fernandez graduated from Del Rio |
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High School in 2002; determined to serve his nation after the |
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terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, this patriotic young man |
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enlisted in the marines and reported for recruit training in August |
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2002; following boot camp, he completed the 52-day Infantry |
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Training Battalion course at the School of Infantry at Camp |
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Pendleton, California; and |
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WHEREAS, Jacob Fernandez then deployed to Iraq with Kilo |
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Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, as part of Operation |
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Iraqi Freedom; he subsequently returned to Iraq with the 3/5 for two |
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more combat tours and saw action in the battle for Fallujah; and |
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WHEREAS, This outstanding Texan also continued his military |
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training, completing the Infantry Squad Leader Course, in which he |
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received the Gung Ho Award, and the Infantry Platoon Sergeants |
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Course; motivated by his desire to pursue a career as a Marine Corps |
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officer, Jacob Fernandez applied to the Marine Corps Enlisted |
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Commissioning Educational Program and was accepted in the fall of |
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2006; after completing the preparatory course at San Diego, he |
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enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin, where he majored in |
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geography and participated in the Naval Reserve Officer Training |
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Corps program; during the summer of his freshman year at UT, he |
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attended Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia, where he |
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finished in the top 10 percent of his class; he earned his bachelor |
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of arts degree on December 15, 2010, and received his commission as |
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a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps on March 25, 2011; On |
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June 7, 2011, he reports to The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, |
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to continue his training as an officer; and |
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WHEREAS, Among the many decorations and awards conferred on |
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Second Lieutenant Fernandez by the marines are the Purple Heart, |
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four Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, including two with |
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the Combat Distinguishing Device for Valor, a Combat Action Ribbon, |
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the Presidential Unit Citation, two Navy Unit Citations, and two |
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Good Conduct Medals; moreover, he is the recipient of the National |
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Defense Service Medal, two Iraq Campaign Medals, the Global War on |
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Terrorism Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, |
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and three Sea Service Deployment Ribbons; and |
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WHEREAS, Second Lieutenant Jacob Fernandez embodies the |
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Marine Corps values of honor, courage, and commitment, and he has |
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earned the lasting respect and gratitude of all Americans; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Second Lieutenant Jacob A. Fernandez for |
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his service with the United States Marine Corps 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 Second Lieutenant Fernandez as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Gallego |
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| Straus |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Morrison |
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| Aliseda |
Gonzalez |
Munoz, Jr. |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Hancock |
Orr |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Hardcastle |
Otto |
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| Beck |
Harper-Brown |
Patrick |
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| Bohac |
Hernandez Luna |
Pena |
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| Burkett |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Pitts |
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| Burnam |
Howard of Travis |
Price |
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| Button |
Huberty |
Quintanilla |
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| Callegari |
Hunter |
Reynolds |
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| Christian |
Keffer |
Schwertner |
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| Coleman |
King of Parker |
Scott |
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| Cook |
King of Taylor |
Sheets |
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| Craddick |
King of Zavala |
Sheffield |
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| Creighton |
Kleinschmidt |
Shelton |
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| Crownover |
Kolkhorst |
Simpson |
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| Darby |
Kuempel |
Smith of Harris |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Landtroop |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| J. Davis of Harris |
Larson |
Smithee |
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| S. Davis of Harris |
Laubenberg |
Solomons |
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| Driver |
Legler |
Taylor of Collin |
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| Dukes |
Lewis |
Taylor of Galveston |
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| Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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| Frullo |
Martinez Fischer |
Weber |
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| Giddings |
Miller of Comal |
Zedler |
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| Gonzales of Hidalgo |
Miller of Erath |
Zerwas |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1265 was adopted by the House on April |
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21, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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