TITLE: Honoring Adan Rogelio Gallegos for his service in the U.S. Army and his accomplishments in the Wounded Warrior Project TRACK program.

SUMMARY: Honoring Adan Rogelio Gallegos for his service in the U.S. Army and his accomplishments in the Wounded Warrior Project TRACK program.

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WHEREAS, Iraq War veteran Adan Rogelio Gallegos served his country with great distinction as a Specialist Four in the United States Army, and he recently completed the rigorous TRACK program of the Wounded Warrior Project; and WHEREAS, Assigned to the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Mr. Gallegos was a motor transport operator and took part in Operation Red Dawn, the mission that captured former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein; he saw intense combat and earned a number of decorations over the course of his military career, including the Army Commendation Medal, Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and Army Lapel Button; he received both his Marksman Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar and his Driver and Mechanic Badge with Driver Bar; and WHEREAS, Mr. Gallegos was a member of the third graduating class of the Wounded Warrior Project TRACK in San Antonio, a challenging yearlong program of education, community service, and transformational training developed to assist disabled veterans in the transition to civilian life; veterans enrolled in TRACK participate in a whole-life fitness and wellness course as well as a nine-month educational component, with classes provided through the Alamo Colleges system in San Antonio and Florida State College at Jacksonville; in addition, students undertake externships with local employers, and they may get involved in the WWP Peer Mentoring program for newly injured service members, as Mr. Gallegos has done; and WHEREAS, After completing his military service, Mr. Gallegos was employed for five years as a production/quality improvement group leader at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas; he worked diligently to help the plant win the JD Power Silver Plant Award, and he was selected as 1st Quality Team Manager from among all the plant's employees; Mr. Gallegos subsequently attended Northwest Vista College while participating in TRACK; and WHEREAS, Through his courageous and selfless service in this nation's armed forces, Adan Gallegos has earned the lasting respect and gratitude of every American, and he continues to inspire all who are privileged to know him; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby honor Adan Rogelio Gallegos for his service in the United States Army and his accomplishments in the Wounded Warrior Project TRACK program and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. Gallegos as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Menendez Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 649 was adopted by the House on February 28, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House