Bill Text: TX SR13 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the 217th Training Squadron of the Texas Air National Guard.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-05 - Reported enrolled [SR13 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR13-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to pay | ||
| tribute to the 217th Training Squadron of the Texas Air National | ||
| Guard, which is slated for deactivation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 217th Training Squadron of the Texas Air | ||
| National Guard, located at Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, | ||
| Texas, represented the lone fully qualified operational | ||
| intelligence analysis capability available to Defense Support of | ||
| Civil Authorities operations within the State of Texas, and it | ||
| represented the only Incident Awareness and Assessment imagery | ||
| analysis capability that was readily available to the governor | ||
| for man-made or natural events; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 217th Training Squadron attained initial | ||
| operation capability in 2008, full mission capability in 2009, | ||
| and federal recognition in 2009; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A total of 73 of the most highly qualified and | ||
| experienced Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance | ||
| professionals in the total force have been selectively recruited | ||
| into and have successfully participated in the squadron's | ||
| current mission, and they represent more than 450 cumulative | ||
| years of operations experience in their specialty and provide an | ||
| exceptional quality of instruction; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 50 full-time instructors of the 217th | ||
| Training Squadron have taught more than 94,400 hours, an average | ||
| of 50 percent more than their active duty counterparts, and they | ||
| have directly instructed and mentored more than 15,700 | ||
| Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Fully 65 percent of the squadron's assigned | ||
| full-time instructors received Elite Instructor and other | ||
| similar awards; 25 percent of instructors received local, state, | ||
| or command Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter or Year awards, | ||
| and all instructors rated within the top 10 percent when | ||
| stratified against active duty counterparts; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Six members of the training squadron were | ||
| recognized as Air Education and Training Command or Air Force | ||
| Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency | ||
| Noncommissioned Officers of the Year, and three members were | ||
| recognized as Texas Air National Guard Outstanding Airmen of the | ||
| Year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Members of this outstanding unit worked on a range | ||
| of missions important to our state and nation, such as serving on | ||
| the Southwest Border Security mission and providing disaster | ||
| relief operations during Hurricane Ike, in the course of which | ||
| they served more than 40,000 meals to people near Galveston | ||
| Island; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 217th Training Squadron was also instrumental | ||
| in securing Military Intelligence Programs funding in excess of | ||
| $1 million to upgrade and renovate areas and functions that most | ||
| impact training; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend and proudly | ||
| honor the men and women of the Texas Air National Guard's 217th | ||
| Training Squadron for their devotion to duty and dedication to | ||
| the State of Texas and to their nation; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| the 217th Training Squadron of the Texas Air National Guard as an | ||
| expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Duncan | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on August 5, 2013. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
