Bill Text: TX HCR139 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Captain Carl H. Isett on the event of his retirement from the United States Navy Reserve.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Signed by the Governor [HCR139 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR139-Enrolled.html
H.C.R. No. 139 |
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WHEREAS, Former state representative Carl H. Isett retired as | ||
a captain in the United States Navy Reserve on March 6, 2017, | ||
drawing to a close an exemplary career in the armed forces that | ||
spanned 26 years; and | ||
WHEREAS, Carl Isett was commissioned an officer in the U.S. | ||
Navy Reserve Supply Corps Program in April 1991, and he went on to | ||
graduate from the Basic Qualification Course at the Navy Supply | ||
Corps School in Athens, Georgia, in April 1993; his initial | ||
assignments included service as an executive officer for the | ||
Defense Distribution Depot Oakland Headquarters Unit in Lubbock and | ||
as officer in charge for detachments in Lubbock and Austin; and | ||
WHEREAS, Captain Isett gained extensive experience in | ||
theater logistics in Southeast Asia, through his participation in | ||
exercises in such locations as Thailand and Singapore; in his | ||
stateside assignments in the early 2000s, he served as commanding | ||
officer of distribution and supply centers in Denver and Oklahoma | ||
City, and in his role as commanding officer for Naval Supply | ||
Activity Bahrain, Detachment B, in San Antonio, he supported the | ||
navy's major logistical hub in the Persian Gulf; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2006, Captain Isett was deployed with the Navy | ||
Customs Battalion QUEBEC to serve as executive officer overseeing | ||
nearly 400 sailors in Kuwait and Iraq; during his second active duty | ||
deployment, from June 2011 to March 2012, he led the Defense | ||
Logistics Agency Distribution in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the first | ||
and only facility of its kind to be located within an active theater | ||
of war; he subsequently completed additional duty in Denver and in | ||
San Diego, and he concluded his tenure by serving as the commanding | ||
officer of Navy Reserve Force Korea, Detachment F, in Fort Worth; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, This accomplished officer is the recipient of the | ||
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Meritorious Service | ||
Medal with gold star, the Navy Commendation Medal with gold star, | ||
and the Navy Achievement Medal with gold star; and | ||
WHEREAS, A graduate of Texas Tech University, Captain Isett | ||
holds a bachelor of business administration degree with a double | ||
major in accounting and finance as well as a master's degree in | ||
finance; in addition to his service as a reserve officer and as the | ||
representative for House District 84 in the Texas Legislature from | ||
1997 to 2010, he has been employed as a certified public accountant | ||
and a consultant; and | ||
WHEREAS, Carl Isett's commitment to upholding the highest | ||
ideals of the U.S. military has earned him the respect and | ||
admiration of his fellow Texans, and he may indeed reflect with | ||
considerable pride on his outstanding efforts in behalf of his | ||
state and nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby honor Carl H. Isett on the event of his retirement from the | ||
U.S. Navy Reserve and commend him for 26 years of distinguished | ||
military service; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Captain Isett as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
Frullo | ||
Flynn | ||
Burrows | ||
King of Parker | ||
Schaefer | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.C.R. No. 139 was adopted by the House on May | ||
25, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.C.R. No. 139 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2017, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |