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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 282
BY REPRESENTATIVE PHELPS
A RESOLUTION
To commend Master Sergeant Nordyica N. Woodfork on the occasion of her retirement.
WHEREAS, United States Air Force Master Sergeant Nordyica N. Woodfork served
as Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC) of the 307th Medical Squadron
Laboratory; in this capacity, she managed operations and budgets for the laboratory section;
and
WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork was also the functional manager for the Medical
Laboratory Air Force specialty code; the lab is responsible for the acquisition and processing
of specimens for the entire 307th Bomb Wing; and
WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork maintained strict adherence to Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments/College of American Pathology guidelines, safety, and infection
control policies; she served a critical role in the integral relationship between the active duty
and reserve laboratories; and
WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork also served as the administrative NCOIC for the
pharmacy, bioenvironmental, and nutritional services sections, and she even volunteered for
additional duties as the senior advisor for 307 MDS Junior Enlisted and as an awards and
decorations monitor; she also held positions as the squadron basic life support monitor and
the NCOIC of the Barksdale Air Force Base Honor Guard team from 2003 to 2009; and
WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork was born in Shreveport and spent her early years in
Minden, Louisiana; she graduated from North Caddo High School and earned a bachelor of
science degree in biomedical engineering from Louisiana Tech University; she also pledged
to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; and
WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork entered basic military training at Lackland Air Force
Base in San Antonio, Texas, in 1989; afterwards, she went to Phase I Medical Laboratory
training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, and then Phase II Medical Laboratory training
at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia; she was a Basic Military Training Honor Graduate,
Phase I Red Rope, and the top student in both Phase I and Phase II classes; and
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WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork was assigned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in
Ohio, where she became a member of the Honor Guard and performed numerous details and
funeral honors throughout Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and Northern Kentucky; she then
returned to Langley on assignment and was recognized as an "Airman of the Quarter" and
"Senior Airman below-the-zone" winner for early promotion; and
WHEREAS, MSgt. Woodfork left the Air Force after four-and-a-half years of active
duty to return to Louisiana to pursue graduate studies; she attended Tulane University in
New Orleans and received a master's degree in architecture in 1997 and joined the Air Force
Reserve; and
WHEREAS, MSgt. Nordyica Woodfork dedicated more than three decades to the
service and protection of our great country, and she is most deserving of the highest
recognition for her inspiring service.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Master Sergeant Nordyica N. Woodfork on
the occasion of her retirement, on September 1, 2022, and does hereby extend sincerest
wishes that she continue to prosper in all of her endeavors, for she is among Louisiana's most
cherished daughters.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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