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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 5
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
A RESOLUTION
To commend Sergeant Major Anazia M. Andrus-Sam on thirty-one years of outstanding and
selfless service to her country in the United States Army and the United States Army
Reserve.
WHEREAS, Sergeant Major Andrus-Sam was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, on
September 13, 1969, and she graduated from Northside High School in Lafayette in
May 1987; and
WHEREAS, on January 18, 1989, Anazia Andrus-Sam enlisted in the United States
Army and, in March 1989, she began her training at Quartermaster School in Fort Lee,
Virginia, followed by training at the Quartermaster Academy, also at Fort Lee, where she
received a certification in Petroleum Operations before moving on to Fort Dix, New Jersey,
to complete a course in Driver Training and Vehicle Maintenance in July 1989; and
WHEREAS, Andrus-Sam's first nontraining assignment was as a petroleum handler
with the 305th Supply & Service Company in South Korea where she spent a year from
August 1989 through August 1990 when she returned stateside and was assigned to Fort
Collins, Colorado, where she continued her duties as an air and fuel handler; and
WHEREAS, through these multiple assignments, Anazia Andrus-Sam was promoted
several times, including achieving the rank of Sergeant (SGT) in August 1994, Staff
Sergeant (SSG) in the U.S. Army Reserve in August 1998, Sergeant First Class (SFC) in
October 2001, Master Sergeant (MSG) in May 2008, and her final rank of Sergeant Major
(SGM) was achieved on June 1, 2017; and
WHEREAS, through her numerous assignments in service of her country, Anazia
Andrus-Sam has earned and been awarded numerous medals and awards for her meritorious
service, including the following: Meritorious Service Medal with One Bronze Oak Leaf
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Cluster, Army Commendation Medal with One Silver and Two Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster,
Army Achievement Medal with One Silver Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Good Conduct Medal
with One Silver and Three Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal with
Bronze Star Device, Humanitarian Award, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism
Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve
Medal with Hourglass and "M" Device, Non Commissioned Officer's Professional
Development Ribbon (5), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (3), Air Assault
Badge, and the Drivers Badge; and
WHEREAS, transitioning to service in the United States Army Reserve (USAR) in
June 1999, SSG Andrus-Sam was assigned as a petroleum handler at Fort Campbell,
Kentucky, on a nonactive status; and
WHEREAS, in November 1999, 1SG Andrus-Sam took an active duty USAR
assignment to the 465th Quartermaster Company Training command as a training NCO at
the facility in Jasper, Alabama, where she was assigned until September 2007; and
WHEREAS, from September 2001 through October 2008, Anazia Andrus-Sam was
assigned to the First Battalion, 378th Regimental Brigade in Lafayette, Louisiana, as an
Operations Non Commissioned Officer (NCO), and during that duty assignment, she
attained the rank of MSG; and
WHEREAS, following the assignment in Lafayette, MSG Andrus-Sam served with
the 75th Training Command as Operations NCO and in May 2010, she was named Assistant
Inspector General of that command; and
WHEREAS, from March 2013 through June 2015, MSG Andrus-Sam served as
Operations NCO at the 359th Transportation Battalion at Fort Eustis, Virginia; and
WHEREAS, in July 2015, MSG Anazia Andrus-Sam was chosen to attend the U.S.
Army Sergeants Major Academy, acknowledged by both military and civilian organizations
as the world's premier institution for the education of NCO's, which was established at Fort
Bliss, Texas, on July 1, 1972, and where Andrus-Sam attained the rank of Sergeant Major;
and
WHEREAS, currently, SGM Andrus-Sam is serving with Military Surface
Deployment and Distribution Command at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois; and
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WHEREAS, throughout her more than thirty-one year career with the United States
Army and United States Army Reserve, SGM Anazia Andrus-Sam has demonstrated
exceptional commitment to duty and service, having served during both the Iraq Campaign
and the Global War on Terrorism, at a time when her country has relied on the willingness
of Americans to volunteer to serve in the armed forces in the face of both old and new
threats from around the world and Andrus-Sam has contributed to the guarding of this
nation's present and future in a manner that only brings credit to her ability and willingness
to serve and invokes the gratitude and respect of her fellow Louisianians and, indeed, all
Americans.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Sergeant Major Anazia M. Andrus-Sam on thirty-one years of
outstanding and selfless service to her country in the United States Army and the United
States Army Reserve.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Sergeant Major Anazia M. Andrus-Sam.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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