HLS 23RS-3943 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 282
BY REPRESENTATIVE PHELPS
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Master Sergeant Nordyica N. Woodfork on the occasion
of her retirement
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Master Sergeant Nordyica N. Woodfork on the occasion of her retirement.
3 WHEREAS, United States Air Force Master Sergeant Nordyica N. Woodfork served
4as Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC) of the 307th Medical Squadron
5Laboratory; in this capacity, she managed operations and budgets for the laboratory section;
6and
7 WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork was also the functional manager for the Medical
8Laboratory Air Force specialty code; the lab is responsible for the acquisition and processing
9of specimens for the entire 307th Bomb Wing; and
10 WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork maintained strict adherence to Clinical Laboratory
11Improvement Amendments/College of American Pathology guidelines, safety, and infection
12control policies; she served a critical role in the integral relationship between the active duty
13and reserve laboratories; and
14 WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork also served as the administrative NCOIC for the
15pharmacy, bioenvironmental, and nutritional services sections, and she even volunteered for
16additional duties as the senior advisor for 307 MDS Junior Enlisted and as an awards and
17decorations monitor; she also held positions as the squadron basic life support monitor and
18the NCOIC of the Barksdale Air Force Base Honor Guard team from 2003 to 2009; and
19 WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork was born in Shreveport and spent her early years in
20Minden, Louisiana; she graduated from North Caddo High School and earned a bachelor of
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1science degree in biomedical engineering from Louisiana Tech University; she also pledged
2to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; and
3 WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork entered basic military training at Lackland Air Force
4Base in San Antonio, Texas, in 1989; afterwards, she went to Phase I Medical Laboratory
5training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, and then Phase II Medical Laboratory training
6at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia; she was a Basic Military Training Honor Graduate,
7Phase I Red Rope, and the top student in both Phase I and Phase II classes; and
8 WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork was assigned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in
9Ohio, where she became a member of the Honor Guard and performed numerous details and
10funeral honors throughout Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and Northern Kentucky; she then
11returned to Langley on assignment and was recognized as an "Airman of the Quarter" and
12"Senior Airman below-the-zone" winner for early promotion; and
13 WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork left the Air Force after four-and-a-half years of active
14duty to return to Louisiana to pursue graduate studies; she attended Tulane University in
15New Orleans and received a master's degree in architecture in 1997 and joined the Air Force
16Reserve; and
17 WHEREAS, MSgt. Nordyica Woodfork dedicated more than three decades to the
18service and protection of our great country, and she is most deserving of the highest
19recognition for her inspiring service.
20 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
21Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Master Sergeant Nordyica N. Woodfork on
22the occasion of her retirement, on September 1, 2022, and does hereby extend sincerest
23wishes that she continue to prosper in all of her endeavors, for she is among Louisiana's most
24cherished daughters.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 282 Original 2023 Regular Session Phelps
Commends Master Sergeant Nordyica N. Woodfork on the occasion of her retirement.
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