Bill Text: TX SR121 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating James A. Attaway III on his promotion to battalion command.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-09 - Reported enrolled [SR121 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR121-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel James A. Attaway III of the | ||
U.S. Army has been selected for battalion command for the fiscal | ||
year 2022, and this achievement merits special recognition; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Jim and Sally Attaway, James Attaway is | ||
a 1994 graduate of Quitman High School; he enlisted in the army in | ||
1998 and served as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, | ||
rising to the rank of sergeant; in 2001, he joined the ROTC | ||
program at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he studied | ||
kinesiology; and | ||
WHEREAS, After graduating cum laude in 2004, Mr. Attaway | ||
returned to active duty and served in Iraq in support of | ||
Operation Iraqi Freedom as a CH-47D Chinook flight platoon | ||
leader, and during a later deployment to Afghanistan in support | ||
of Operation Enduring Freedom, he was aviation liaison officer to | ||
14 U.S. Army Special Forces teams and a Navy SEAL platoon; his | ||
other assignments include Kosovo, Korea, Alabama, Florida, and | ||
Kentucky, and he is a graduate of the Ranger School, the Airborne | ||
School, and the Command and General Staff College; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since May 2018, this distinguished soldier has | ||
been chair and professor of the military science department at | ||
SFA, the first graduate of the school to return to take charge of | ||
the ROTC program; under his leadership, the department has | ||
established the First Lieutenant Kile G. West 5K and 10K Memorial | ||
Race, and members of the ROTC Ranger Team took first place in the | ||
Task Force Ranger Challenge for the first time in the school's | ||
history; in May 2020, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Lieutenant Colonel Attaway | ||
has benefited from the love and support of his wife, Shauna, and | ||
his two children, Daisy and James; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Attaway's courage, skill, and | ||
dedication to duty have contributed greatly to the defense of our | ||
nation and earned him the respect and admiration of his fellow | ||
soldiers, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his outstanding | ||
record of service as he takes on the challenges and opportunities | ||
of his new promotion; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
Legislature, hereby congratulate Lieutenant Colonel James A. | ||
Attaway III on his promotion to battalion command and extend to | ||
him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Lieutenant Colonel Attaway as an expression of high | ||
regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
Hughes | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 9, 2021. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |