82R12130 JBA-D
By: Eissler H.R. No. 1099
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Some of our nation's best and brightest military
personnel are gathering in Austin on March 31, 2011, for United
States Army Senior Service College Fellows Program Day at the State
Capitol; and
WHEREAS, For more than 20 years, the U.S. Army has designated
The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University as host
schools for the army's Senior Service College Fellows Program, a
component of the United States Army War College; and
WHEREAS, This intensive academic year of study has a
trilateral focus that includes national security policy and
process, technology and industry, and army/joint policy and
process; the national security policy and process module is a
combination of directed and elective study using curriculum within
the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the McCombs School of Business,
The University of Texas Department of Government, and the Bush
School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M; it is
complemented with guest speakers from key army commands, industry,
and Congress, along with operational and world leaders; and
WHEREAS, Those chosen for the program are among the top three
percent of U.S. Army officers; this year's class of 13 have given a
combined total of more than 250 years of military and wartime
service and have served on numerous deployments in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi
Freedom; these distinguished officers are as follows: former state
representative Colonel Rick Noriega, Colonel John Anderson,
Lieutenant Colonel (P) William Bailey, Colonel Timothy Baxter,
Lieutenant Colonel (P) David Kaczmarski, Colonel Robert McVay,
Lieutenant Colonel William Phillips, Colonel Kurt Pinkerton,
Lieutenant Colonel Dale Rivers, Lieutenant Colonel William Robare,
Colonel Maria Zumwalt, Colonel James Raymer, and Lieutenant Colonel
Willie Rios; and
WHEREAS, The Fellows have been successfully led through the
program by Lieutenant General Joe Yakovac, Retired; after
completing their U.S. Army War College requirements through Texas
universities, they will move on to assignments in senior military
leadership positions around the world; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby recognize March 31, 2011, as United States Army
Senior Service College Fellows Program Day at the State Capitol and
commend the members of this outstanding group for their prestigious
military educational achievement.