82R27926 JGH-D
By: Dutton H.R. No. 2067
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, U.S. Army Colonel Pamela A. DeLancy has served her
nation with distinction for more than three decades; and
WHEREAS, Colonel DeLancy entered the army in September 1980
as an enlisted soldier; she completed basic training at Fort
Jackson, South Carolina, and served four years before leaving the
military to attend the University of Houston; in her junior year of
college, she joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps and went on
to graduate from the Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an
ROTC cadet; she received an early commission in 1987 and accepted an
army reserve assignment as a documentation officer in the 348th
Transportation Battalion; and
WHEREAS, After earning a bachelor's degree in nursing from
The University of Texas Health Science Center in 1989, Colonel
DeLancy entered active duty as an officer in the Army Nurse Corps;
she served as a medical-surgical nurse at Fort Bliss, Texas, and as
an emergency room nurse at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and then left
active duty to work for four years as a medical-surgical nurse at
the 4005th U.S. Army Hospital in Houston; and
WHEREAS, Colonel DeLancy subsequently became an active guard
reserve soldier stationed with the army's Recruiting Command at
Fort Knox, Kentucky; she went on to serve in such positions as
quality assurance manager for clinical affairs and medical
credentialing for the South East Regional Command, chief of
credentialing at the U.S. Army Medical Department Professional
Management Command, and nurse administrator in the surgeon's office
at 63D Regional Support Command; along the way, she obtained her
master's degree in health administration from Central Michigan
University; and
WHEREAS, Most recently, this outstanding officer was
selected to attend the prestigious War College, the army's highest
institution of professional development for strategic leaders; she
is slated to graduate with the Class of 2012; and
WHEREAS, Colonel DeLancy's achievements have been recognized
with the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters,
the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Army
Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Good Conduct
Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, and the Global War on
Terrorism Service Medal, among many others; and
WHEREAS, Throughout her career, Colonel DeLancy has
benefited from the love and support of her husband, Barnes DeLancy,
as well as her two daughters, Tori and Tamara; and
WHEREAS, Colonel Pamela DeLancy has contributed immeasurably
to advancing the mission of every organization of which she has been
a part, and her exemplary efforts in behalf of the nation are indeed
deserving of praise; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby honor Colonel Pamela A. DeLancy for her
distinguished military service and extend to her sincere best
wishes for continued success with her important work; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Colonel DeLancy as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.