TITLE: Recognizing March 31, 2011, as U.S. Army Senior Service College Fellows Program Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing March 31, 2011, as U.S. Army Senior Service College Fellows Program Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Some of our nation's best and brightest military personnel are gathering in Austin on March 31, 2011, for United States Army Senior Service College Fellows Program Day at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, For more than 20 years, the U.S. Army has designated The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University as host schools for the army's Senior Service College Fellows Program, a component of the United States Army War College; and WHEREAS, This intensive academic year of study has a trilateral focus that includes national security policy and process, technology and industry, and army/joint policy and process; the national security policy and process module is a combination of directed and elective study using curriculum within the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas Department of Government, and the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M; it is complemented with guest speakers from key army commands, industry, and Congress, along with operational and world leaders; and WHEREAS, Those chosen for the program are among the top three percent of U.S. Army officers; this year's class of 13 have given a combined total of more than 250 years of military and wartime service and have served on numerous deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom; these distinguished officers are as follows: former state representative Colonel Rick Noriega, Colonel John Anderson, Lieutenant Colonel (P) William Bailey, Colonel Timothy Baxter, Lieutenant Colonel (P) David Kaczmarski, Colonel Robert McVay, Lieutenant Colonel William Phillips, Colonel Kurt Pinkerton, Lieutenant Colonel Dale Rivers, Lieutenant Colonel William Robare, Colonel Maria Zumwalt, Colonel James Raymer, and Lieutenant Colonel Willie Rios; and WHEREAS, The Fellows have been successfully led through the program by Lieutenant General Joe Yakovac, Retired; after completing their U.S. Army War College requirements through Texas universities, they will move on to assignments in senior military leadership positions around the world; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby recognize March 31, 2011, as United States Army Senior Service College Fellows Program Day at the State Capitol and commend the members of this outstanding group for their prestigious military educational achievement. Eissler 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. 1099 was adopted by the House on March 31, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House