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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, First Sergeant Hector A. Sanchez of the United |
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States Marine Corps was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major (E9) |
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at a ceremony on August 4, 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Previously, Sergeant Major Hector Sanchez served as |
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Inspector-Instructor First Sergeant for Company C, 1st Battalion, |
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23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division of the Marine Corps |
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Forces Reserve in Corpus Christi, Texas; he was assigned to the |
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Division in April of 2021, and on September 15, 2023, he was |
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transferred to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment at the Naval |
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Reserve Center in Houston, Texas, where he assumed his post as |
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Inspector-Instructor Sergeant Major, a senior enlisted rank in the |
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United States Marines; and |
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WHEREAS, Sergeant Major Sanchez joined the U.S. Marine Corps |
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in 2004 and was first assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina as |
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a military police corrections specialist; in the succeeding years, |
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he served in such roles as senior drill instructor and duty brig |
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supervisor and was promoted to Corporal, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, |
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Gunnery Sergeant, and First Sergeant, and in 2012, he was |
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transferred to the 1st Law Enforcement Battalion; he deployed to |
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Afghanistan in 2013 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and |
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the following year, he reported to the Marine Security Guard School |
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in Quantico, Virginia, where he distinguished himself as an honor |
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graduate and high shooter; and |
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WHEREAS, After serving as the capital Detachment Commander |
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for U.S. consulates in China and Mexico, Sergeant Major Sanchez was |
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named senior corrections counselor at Camp Pendleton, California; |
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in 2020, he assumed the duties of an Alpha Company First Sergeant, |
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preparing his unit for the Southwest Border Mission, and he |
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recently helped oversee the mobilization of the 1st Battalion, 23rd |
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Marine Regiment in support of Operation Allies Welcome; his awards |
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include the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and |
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Achievement Medal; actively engaged in his community, he has been |
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involved with Toys for Tots in Nueces County, among numerous other |
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initiatives; and |
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WHEREAS, The exceptional leadership demonstrated by Sergeant |
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Major Hector Sanchez has greatly benefited the U.S. Marine Corps |
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and Company C, and he may indeed reflect with pride on all that he |
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has accomplished as he takes on the challenges and opportunities of |
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his new rank and assignment; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Hector |
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A. Sanchez on his promotion to Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine |
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Corps and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success in |
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his important work and service to country; Semper Fi!; 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 Sergeant Major Sanchez as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |