Bill Text: SC H5289 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Col. (Ret.) Maxie L. Joye, retirement as JROTC instructor
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-27 - Introduced and adopted [H5289 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2021-H5289-Introduced.html
A HOUSE RESOLUTION
TO HONOR COLONEL (RET.) MAXIE L. JOYE, SENIOR ARMY INSTRUCTOR OF THE WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR ROTC, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, THANK HIM FOR HIS MERITORIOUS EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP TO CADETS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND WISH HIM MUCH SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT IN THE YEARS TO COME.
Whereas, with great pleasure, the South Carolina House salutes those individuals who give tirelessly of themselves to the education of this great state's young people. Colonel (Ret.) Maxie L. Joye, senior Army instructor of the Wagener-Salley High School Junior ROTC, stands among their number as a respected leader; and
Whereas, now in his seventeenth year at Wagener-Salley, this Lee County native also has served for nine years as commandant of the JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge (summer camp) at Fort Jackson, and he coaches his school's rifle team and track and field team. An officer with more than twenty-seven years of service, Colonel Joye retired from the U.S. Army as assistant chief of staff, Reserve Affairs, Fort Eustis, Virginia. His military duties took him as far as Germany and brought him numerous awards, including the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters, Global War on Terrorism Medal, and Army Parachute Badge; and
Whereas, grateful for the legacy of leadership Colonel Joye has bestowed on the Palmetto State, the House is pleased to wish him all the best as he enters a well-deserved retirement. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, honor Colonel (Ret.) Maxie L. Joye, senior Army instructor of the Wagener-Salley High School Junior ROTC, on the occasion of his retirement from the high school, thank him for his meritorious example of leadership to cadets throughout the years, and wish him much success and fulfillment in the years to come.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Colonel (Ret.) Maxie L. Joye.
