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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Chief Petty Officer Eric B. Uhr is retiring from the |
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U.S. Coast Guard on August 31, 2025, drawing to a close more than |
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two decades of exceptional service to his country; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Seguin, Eric Uhr enlisted in the U.S. |
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Coast Guard in June 2005; he underwent basic military training at |
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Training Center Cape May in New Jersey, and he completed his first |
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assignment as a deck seaman aboard the USCG cutter Edisto in |
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California; he has since carried out a range of duties, including |
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serving as the executive petty officer and the officer in charge for |
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the Aids to Navigation Team South Padre Island, as the first |
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lieutenant of Station Port Aransas, and as the training team chief |
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for the ANT Seventeenth Coast Guard District Waterways Branch in |
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Alaska; in addition, he was the operations petty officer of the ANT |
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in Louisiana and a deck watch officer and the deck leading petty |
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officer for the USCG cutter Resolute in Florida; and |
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WHEREAS, Officer Uhr graduated from the Chief Petty Officers |
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Academy and is an initiated member of the South Texas Chapter of the |
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Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association Chief's Mess, and he |
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is retiring with the title of boatswain's mate chief petty officer; |
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he has distinguished himself over the course of his military |
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tenure, receiving the Coast Guard Commendation Medal with one gold |
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star and an operational distinguishing device, the Coast Guard |
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Achievement Medal with two gold stars and an operational |
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distinguishing device, and the permanent Officer in Charge Ashore, |
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Advanced Boat Forces, and Coxswain Insignias; moreover, he has been |
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honored with numerous other personal, service, and team awards; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Officer Uhr enjoys the love |
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and support of his wife, Amber, and their two children, Kenneth and |
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Carlee; and |
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WHEREAS, Eric Uhr's dedication, professionalism, and |
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commitment to excellence have contributed greatly to the defense of |
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our nation and earned him the respect and admiration of his fellow |
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service members, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career |
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well spent as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Chief Petty Officer Eric B. Uhr on |
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his retirement from the U.S. Coast Guard and extend to him sincere |
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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 Officer Uhr as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |