Bill Text: TX SR723 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Melissa Harcrow for her service on the occasion of Women Veterans Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-28 - Reported enrolled [SR723 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR723-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, For more than a decade, retired Chief Warrant | ||
Officer 2 Melissa Harcrow served her country with great | ||
distinction as a member of the United States Army, and the | ||
observance of Women Veterans Day 2023 provides a fitting | ||
opportunity to pay tribute to her outstanding military career; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Melissa Harcrow enlisted in the U.S. Army as a | ||
unit supply specialist in July 2002, and during her career, she | ||
was assigned to army bases in Texas and Kentucky, completed an | ||
overseas tour in Korea, and deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and | ||
Qatar; in 2011, she was commissioned as a warrant officer, and | ||
she served her final position as a property book officer for the | ||
184th Explosive Ordnance Battalion in 2014; she received 23 | ||
decorations and a number of recognitions, including | ||
Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for Area Support Group Qatar; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, A native El Pasoan, Mrs. Harcrow is currently | ||
employed by the Texas Veterans Commission as the Women Veterans | ||
coordinator for West Texas; she has further demonstrated her | ||
tremendous commitment to supporting and assisting veterans and | ||
military personnel through her work as chair of the El Paso | ||
Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee, as a member of El Paso Texas | ||
Women Veterans, and as the veterans engagement director for Team | ||
RWB El Paso, as well as through her membership in the Association | ||
of the United States Army, the Wounded Warrior Project, and the | ||
Korean Defense Veterans Association; in all her endeavors, she | ||
enjoys the love and support of her husband, Chief Warrant Officer | ||
3 Jason Harcrow, and their three children, Taylor, Maya, and | ||
Austin; and | ||
WHEREAS, During her years in uniform, Melissa Harcrow | ||
upheld the highest ideals of our nation's armed forces, | ||
demonstrating exemplary bravery, dedication, and integrity, and | ||
her fellow citizens owe her a lasting debt of gratitude; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby commend Chief Warrant Officer 2 Melissa | ||
Harcrow for her military service on the occasion of Women | ||
Veterans Day 2023 and extend to her sincere best wishes for the | ||
future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Chief Warrant Officer Harcrow as an expression of | ||
high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
Blanco | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 28, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |