Bill Text: TX SR7 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Recognizing Christopher D. Gonzalez on the occasion of his retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-07 - Reported enrolled [SR7 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR7-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Recognizing Christopher D. Gonzalez on the occasion of his retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-07 - Reported enrolled [SR7 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR7-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Chief machinery technician Christopher D. | ||
Gonzalez is retiring as engineering petty officer for Coast Guard | ||
Station South Padre Island in 2023, drawing to a close a | ||
distinguished career with the U.S. Coast Guard that has spanned | ||
more than two decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Brownsville, Christopher Gonzalez | ||
joined the U.S. Coast Guard in September 2001; after basic | ||
training, he was assigned to the facility engineering department | ||
at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey; he | ||
subsequently graduated from Machinery Technician School in 2002 | ||
and advanced to petty officer third class, transferring to Sector | ||
Houston-Galveston, where he was promoted to petty officer second | ||
class; he was next assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Knight | ||
Island in Florida; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2009, Officer Gonzalez received a transfer to | ||
Coast Guard Station South Padre Island, and there, he advanced to | ||
petty officer first class; he received orders in 2012 to join the | ||
Boat Forces and Standardization Team in Yorktown, Virginia, and | ||
in 2016, he moved to the U.S. Coast Guard Recruiting Office in | ||
St. Louis, Missouri, advancing to chief machinery technician and | ||
becoming the recruiter in charge; and | ||
WHEREAS, Returning to South Padre Island in May 2020, | ||
Officer Gonzalez assumed the role of engineering petty officer; | ||
his duties include oversight of naval and civil engineering | ||
platforms; a graduate of the Chief Petty Officer Academy, he has | ||
received numerous awards over the course of his career, including | ||
three Coast Guard Achievement Medals, the Coast Guard | ||
Commendation Medal, and the Coast Guard Boat Force Operations | ||
Insignia; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Officer Gonzalez enjoys the | ||
love and support of his wife, Amanda; they are the proud parents | ||
of four children, Nikki, Chris, Edward, and Bobby; and | ||
WHEREAS, The dedication, professionalism, and devotion to | ||
duty demonstrated by Officer Christopher Gonzalez have greatly | ||
benefited his fellow Americans and earned him the respect and | ||
admiration of his peers, and he may indeed reflect with pride on | ||
his exemplary record of military service; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Officer | ||
Christopher D. Gonzalez on his retirement from the U.S. Coast | ||
Guard 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 Officer Gonzalez as an expression of high regard | ||
from the Texas Senate. | ||
LaMantia | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on June 7, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |