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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Petty Officer First Class Sherrae Brissette is |
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retiring from the U.S. Navy on May 31, 2015, drawing to a close two |
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decades of distinguished service to this nation; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Victoria, Sherrae Brissette graduated |
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from Pine Forest Senior High School in Fayetteville, North |
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Carolina, in 1992, and in May 1995, she answered her nation's call |
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to duty and joined the U.S. Navy; and |
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WHEREAS, After completing basic training at Naval Station |
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Great Lakes in Illinois, Ms. Brissette attended Hospital Corps |
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School; in November 1995, she reported for duty as a hospital |
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corpsman at Naval Hospital Great Lakes, and she then served as a |
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hospital apprentice at Naval Hospital Portsmouth, Virginia; |
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following a tour at Branch Medical Clinic in Ingleside, Texas, |
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Hospitalman Brissette joined the crew of the USS Carl Vinson in 1999 |
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and was promoted to petty officer third class; she also earned her |
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first Navy Achievement Medal for coming to the aid of a heart attack |
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victim; and |
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WHEREAS, From 2001 to 2003, Petty Officer Brissette served in |
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Guam, and in 2003, she transferred to the Military Entrance |
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Processing Station in Dallas, where she screened applicants and was |
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named Sailor of the Year in 2004; the following year, she worked at |
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the Recruit Training Command, qualifying as a master training |
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specialist, and in 2007, she was the "company gunny" in charge of |
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her battalion at the Field Medic School at Camp Pendleton; promoted |
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to petty officer second class, she next served as leading petty |
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officer at Branch Medical Clinic Barstow, where she was again named |
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Sailor of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, In January 2008, Petty Officer Brissette deployed to |
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Iraq as squadron corpsman with Marine Attack Squadron VMA-311; |
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after returning to the states, she served again at Branch Health |
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Clinic Barstow until 2010, when she was promoted to petty officer |
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first class and assigned as the medical leading petty officer for |
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Combat Logistics Battalion 6 at Camp Lejeune; she deployed with |
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that unit in 2011 to Afghanistan, where she led 32 corpsmen at the |
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Camp Bastion trauma hospital; in 2012, she returned stateside to |
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finish her career in the medical department at the Naval |
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Operational Support Center Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, The military awards conferred on Petty Officer |
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Brissette include two Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medals, five |
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Good Conduct Medals, two National Defense Service Medals, the Iraq |
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Campaign Medal, and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal; and |
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WHEREAS, Petty Officer Sherrae Brissette has cared for |
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sailors and marines of the U.S. armed forces in wartime and in |
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peacetime, at posts across the country and around the world, and her |
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skill, professionalism, and compassion have earned her the |
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gratitude of her patients and the enduring respect of all with whom |
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she has worked; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Petty Officer First Class Sherrae |
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Brissette on her retirement from the U.S. Navy and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; 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 Petty Officer Brissette as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |