TITLE: Honoring legislative employee and Texas Air National Guard Staff Sergeant Ryan Patrick Hogue as he prepares for deployment to Afghanistan.

SUMMARY: Honoring legislative employee and Texas Air National Guard Staff Sergeant Ryan Patrick Hogue as he prepares for deployment to Afghanistan.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Ryan Patrick Hogue, a valued employee of the Texas House of Representatives, is being deployed to Afghanistan in April 2011, and his many friends in the legislative community take pleasure in honoring him as he prepares to embark on his tour of duty; and WHEREAS, A member of the Texas Air National Guard, Staff Sergeant Hogue began his military tenure in 2000, when he joined the U.S. Air Force as an aerospace transportation craftsman; in addition to his work in Afghanistan, he has served in Oman, Qatar, and Germany; and WHEREAS, In 2004, Staff Sergeant Hogue enlisted in the Air Force Reserve, and today he is based at Carswell Field with the Texas Air National Guard; specializing in the onload and offload of military planes, he also supervises other personnel and performs and manages a variety of air transportation activities; and WHEREAS, Ryan Hogue graduated from St. Louis University and is currently pursuing his juris doctorate at South Texas College of Law; his notable professional career has included employment with William Lacy Clay, Jr., and Al Green of the U.S. Congress, the firm of Susman Godfrey, and State Representative Armando Walle, whose office he serves as a community liaison; and WHEREAS, A devoted husband and father, he enjoys the support of a loving family, which includes his wife, Tiffany, his daughters, Bridget and Maggie, and his mother, Kathleen McAuley; and WHEREAS, Ryan Hogue once again is placing his personal and professional goals aside in order to answer his nation's call to duty, and he has earned the respect and appreciation of his fellow Texans for his selflessness and patriotism; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby commend Ryan Patrick Hogue for his exemplary service to this state and nation and extend to him sincere best wishes for a swift and safe return to his family; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Staff Sergeant Hogue as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Walle Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1132 was adopted by the House on April 7, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House