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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, For more than a decade, retired Chief Warrant |
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Officer 2 Melissa Harcrow served her country with great distinction |
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as a member of the United States Army, and the observance of Women |
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Veterans Day 2023 provides a fitting opportunity to pay tribute to |
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her outstanding military career; and |
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WHEREAS, Melissa Harcrow enlisted in the U.S. Army as a unit |
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supply specialist in July 2002, and during her career, she was |
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assigned to army bases in Texas and Kentucky, completed an overseas |
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tour in Korea, and deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Qatar; in |
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2011, she was commissioned as a warrant officer, and she served her |
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final position as a property book officer for the 184th Explosive |
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Ordnance Battalion in 2014; she received 23 decorations and a |
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number of recognitions, including Noncommissioned Officer of the |
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Year for Area Support Group Qatar; and |
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WHEREAS, A native El Pasoan, Mrs. Harcrow is currently |
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employed by the Texas Veterans Commission as the Women Veterans |
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coordinator for West Texas; she has further demonstrated her |
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tremendous commitment to supporting and assisting veterans and |
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military personnel through her work as chair of the El Paso Veterans |
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Affairs Advisory Committee, as a member of El Paso Texas Women |
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Veterans, and as the veterans engagement director for Team RWB El |
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Paso, as well as through her membership in the Association of the |
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United States Army, the Wounded Warrior Project, and the Korean |
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Defense Veterans Association; in all her endeavors, she enjoys the |
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love and support of her husband, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason |
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Harcrow, and their three children, Taylor, Maya, and Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, During her years in uniform, Melissa Harcrow upheld |
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the highest ideals of our nation's armed forces, demonstrating |
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exemplary bravery, dedication, and integrity, and her fellow |
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citizens owe her a lasting debt of gratitude; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby commend Chief Warrant Officer 2 Melissa Harcrow for her |
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military service on the occasion of Women Veterans Day 2023 and |
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extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Chief Warrant Officer Harcrow as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas Senate. |