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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, U.S. Army Colonel Pamela A. DeLancy has served her |
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nation with distinction for more than three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Colonel DeLancy entered the army in September 1980 |
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as an enlisted soldier; she completed basic training at Fort |
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Jackson, South Carolina, and served four years before leaving the |
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military to attend the University of Houston; in her junior year of |
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college, she joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps and went on |
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to graduate from the Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an |
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ROTC cadet; she received an early commission in 1987 and accepted an |
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army reserve assignment as a documentation officer in the 348th |
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Transportation Battalion; and |
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WHEREAS, After earning a bachelor's degree in nursing from |
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The University of Texas Health Science Center in 1989, Colonel |
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DeLancy entered active duty as an officer in the Army Nurse Corps; |
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she served as a medical-surgical nurse at Fort Bliss, Texas, and as |
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an emergency room nurse at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and then left |
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active duty to work for four years as a medical-surgical nurse at |
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the 4005th U.S. Army Hospital in Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, Colonel DeLancy subsequently became an active guard |
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reserve soldier stationed with the army's Recruiting Command at |
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Fort Knox, Kentucky; she went on to serve in such positions as |
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quality assurance manager for clinical affairs and medical |
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credentialing for the South East Regional Command, chief of |
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credentialing at the U.S. Army Medical Department Professional |
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Management Command, and nurse administrator in the surgeon's office |
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at 63D Regional Support Command; along the way, she obtained her |
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master's degree in health administration from Central Michigan |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, Most recently, this outstanding officer was |
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selected to attend the prestigious War College, the army's highest |
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institution of professional development for strategic leaders; she |
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is slated to graduate with the Class of 2012; and |
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WHEREAS, Colonel DeLancy's achievements have been recognized |
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with the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, |
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the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Army |
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Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Good Conduct |
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Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, and the Global War on |
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Terrorism Service Medal, among many others; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her career, Colonel DeLancy has |
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benefited from the love and support of her husband, Barnes DeLancy, |
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as well as her two daughters, Tori and Tamara; and |
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WHEREAS, Colonel Pamela DeLancy has contributed immeasurably |
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to advancing the mission of every organization of which she has been |
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a part, and her exemplary efforts in behalf of the nation are indeed |
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deserving of praise; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Colonel Pamela A. DeLancy for her |
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distinguished military service and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for continued success with her important work; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Colonel DeLancy as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Dutton |
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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. 2067 was adopted by the House on May 19, |
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2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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