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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 106
BY SENATORS JOHNS AND LAFLEUR AND REPRESENTATI VE LEBAS
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend United States Air Force Master Sergeant Vinence M. Robinson upon her
retirement from active duty after a distinguished, twenty-five year career of service
to her country.
WHEREAS, Vinence Robinson is a native of Bunkie, Louisiana, graduating with
honors from Bunkie High School in 1983 and then entering Louisiana State University of
Alexandria to study broadcast communications; and
WHEREAS, after two years of college, she made a major lifetime decision to enlist
in the armed forces of her country in order to further her education goals, render service to
her country and see more of the world; and
WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Robinson completed her basic training at Lackland Air
Force Base in Texas and was then assigned to Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi, where
she graduated from the Information Management apprentice course and began a series of
assignments that would take her across her native country and eventually to air force
installations around the world; and
WHEREAS, during her tenure with the U.S. Air Force, Master Sergeant Robinson
began her overseas assignments in Osan, Korea, where she sang for her base's chapel choir
and played basketball for the base team, which led to visits all over Korea, Hawaii, and
Japan; and
WHEREAS, during this same time, Master Sergeant Robinson took many college
level classes and in time she received both her bachelor's degree in Business Management
from the University of Maryland and her master's degree in Business Organization and
Security Management from Webster University in St. Louis; and
WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Robinson was grateful that her family, especially her
mother, was able to attend these graduation ceremonies and witness her personal
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WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Robinson will remember forever the pride she felt
when her mother, in failing health, and other family members traveled to Alabama to see her
graduation from the Noncommissioned Officer Academy; and
WHEREAS, sadly, Master Sergeant Robinson lost her mother to cancer in 2012, but
the joy she felt as her mother witnessed her successes during her career gave her great
comfort and satisfaction that her mom was so very proud of her many achievements; and
WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Robinson's military awards and decorations include
the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal with five oak leaf
clusters, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal with eight oak leaf clusters, the National
Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, the Air Force Overseas Ribbon
Short with two oak leaf clusters and the Air Force Overseas Ribbon Long, the Air Force
Longevity Service with five oak leaf clusters, the Noncommissioned Officers Professional
Military Education Graduate Ribbon with one oak leaf cluster, the Air Force Training
Ribbon and the NATO Medal.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
extend its highest commendations to United States Air Force Master Sergeant Vinence M.
Robinson for her life time of armed forces service to her country and for being a true and
shining example to others of the excellence and tremendous dedication that America's men
and women in uniform display with their service and love of country.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does also extend
its deepest sympathies and condolences to Master Sergeant Robinson for the loss of her
beloved mother.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
United States Air Force Master Sergeant Vinence M. Robinson.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES