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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Chief Warrant Officer Gregg Swanson is retiring from |
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the U.S. Army on May 17, 2021, drawing to a close nearly two decades |
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of service to his nation; and |
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WHEREAS, Gregg Swanson enlisted in the army on September 17, |
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2001, and received his basic and advanced training at Fort Sill, |
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Oklahoma, and Fort Huachuca, Arizona; he served at Camp Essayons in |
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South Korea as an intelligence analyst before transferring to Fort |
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Drum, New York, and deploying to Iraq for 13 months at the rank of |
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corporal; following his promotion to sergeant, he worked as an |
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airborne targeting surveillance supervisor at Robins Air Force Base |
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in Georgia, where he was deployed several times between 2006 and |
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2010 and became the lead evaluator; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2010, Sergeant Swanson was accepted into the Army |
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Warrant Officer Flight Program and trained to fly the OH-58D Kiowa |
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Warrior helicopter, and in 2012, he was deployed out of Hunter Army |
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Airfield in Georgia to Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he was pilot in |
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command and trained junior pilots; after training as a fixed-wing |
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pilot, he was transferred to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South |
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Korea, where as pilot in command he flew intelligence missions for |
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two and a half years along the border of North Korea in an RC-12X |
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Guardrail aircraft; he also served another combat deployment in |
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Afghanistan and helped set up operations for missions in Eastern |
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Europe; he is completing his military service at Fort Bliss in El |
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Paso; and |
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WHEREAS, Chief Warrant Officer Gregg Swanson's courage, |
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skill, and dedication to duty have greatly benefited the defense of |
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our nation and earned him the respect and admiration of his fellow |
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soldiers, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his record of |
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outstanding service as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of |
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his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Chief Warrant Officer Gregg |
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Swanson on his retirement from the U.S. Army and extend to him |
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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 Chief Warrant Officer Swanson as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |