Bill Text: TX HR135 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Major Pete J. Sanchez on his retirement from the U.S. Air Force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-16 - Reported enrolled [HR135 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR135-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 135 |
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WHEREAS, Major Pete J. Sanchez is retiring from the United | ||
States Air Force on October 1, 2017, concluding 22 years of | ||
exemplary service to this nation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Following his enlistment in 1995, Pete Sanchez | ||
finished basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio | ||
and was subsequently assigned to Tinker AFB in Oklahoma; | ||
commissioned as a second lieutenant in 2001, he was promoted to | ||
first lieutenant in 2002, captain in 2005, and major in 2010; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the years, Major Sanchez has logged more than | ||
4,600 flying hours, including over 775 combat and combat-support | ||
hours, and participated in such operations as Desert Thunder, | ||
Desert Fox, Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Joint Guardian, New | ||
Dawn, and Inherent Resolve; after assignments as chief of awards | ||
and decorations, aircraft commander, flight commander, and | ||
instructor pilot, he was appointed in 2010 as assistant director of | ||
operations in the 349th Air Refueling Squadron, 22nd Operations | ||
Group, at McConnell AFB; since August 2014, this esteemed officer | ||
has served as chief pilot, as assistant director of operations, and | ||
as an instructor/evaluator pilot of the Central Flight Instructor | ||
Course at Altus AFB in Oklahoma; and | ||
WHEREAS, Major Sanchez has received numerous decorations and | ||
awards during his career, including the Meritorious Service Medal | ||
with oak leaf cluster, the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, the | ||
Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Air Force | ||
Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, and the Air Force | ||
Achievement Medal; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his exceptional leadership, valor, and | ||
devotion to duty, Major Pete Sanchez has fulfilled the highest | ||
ideals of the U.S. armed forces, and he may indeed reflect with | ||
pride on a career well spent as he embarks on the next exciting | ||
chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Major Pete | ||
J. Sanchez on his retirement from the U.S. Air Force and extend to | ||
him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Major Sanchez as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Herrero | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 135 was adopted by the House on August | ||
15, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||