| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 484 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 3 | | recognize Master Sergeant Blaine Scott, United States Marine |
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| 4 | 4 | | Corps, Retired, and his family on the occasion of the |
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| 5 | 5 | | groundbreaking for a new home to be built by the organization |
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| 6 | 6 | | Helping a Hero; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | WHEREAS, Helping a Hero is a nonprofit organization that |
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| 8 | 8 | | builds specially adapted homes for severely wounded service |
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| 9 | 9 | | members injured in Iraq and Afghanistan; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Scott grew up in Iowa and joined |
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| 11 | 11 | | the United States Marine Corps in 1992; he served multiple |
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| 12 | 12 | | overseas deployments before becoming an instructor at the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mountain Warfare Training Center in California, where he taught |
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| 14 | 14 | | thousands of young men and women the skills they would need in |
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| 15 | 15 | | order to operate successfully and survive in mountainous |
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| 16 | 16 | | terrain; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, In 2004, he transferred to the 3rd Light Armored |
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| 18 | 18 | | Reconnaissance Battalion and was deployed in support of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Operation Iraqi Freedom; during his second deployment to Iraq, he |
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| 20 | 20 | | was severely injured in an improvised explosive device blast; |
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| 21 | 21 | | after his recovery, he went on to serve with the I Marine |
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| 22 | 22 | | Expeditionary Forces in Afghanistan before completing his |
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| 23 | 23 | | military service with Wounded Warrior Battalion-East at San |
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| 24 | 24 | | Antonio Military Medical Center; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, After his retirement, Master Sergeant Scott and |
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| 26 | 26 | | his family continued to serve by offering their home as a place |
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| 27 | 27 | | for wounded warriors to recover; Helping a Hero, along with |
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| 28 | 28 | | Vintage Estate Homes, has designed a beautiful four-bedroom, |
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| 29 | 29 | | three-bath home that will enable the family to continue its |
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| 30 | 30 | | compassionate work in caring for warriors in crisis; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, In addition to helping wounded warriors, the |
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| 32 | 32 | | Scott family actively supports antibullying initiatives and the |
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| 33 | 33 | | passage of David's Law to strengthen antibullying laws in Texas; |
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| 34 | 34 | | the family has taken up this cause in loving memory of their |
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| 35 | 35 | | daughter Isabella, who died at the age of 12; now, therefore, be it |
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| 36 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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| 37 | 37 | | Legislature, hereby commend Master Sergeant Blaine Scott and his |
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| 38 | 38 | | family on their exceptional service and extend to them heartfelt |
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| 39 | 39 | | wishes for continued success in their worthy endeavors; and, be |
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| 40 | 40 | | it further |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 42 | 42 | | them as an expression of highest regard from the Texas Senate. |
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| 43 | 43 | | Campbell |
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| 44 | 44 | | ________________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | President of the Senate |
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| 46 | 46 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 47 | 47 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 48 | 48 | | the Senate on March 27, 2017. |
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| 49 | 49 | | ________________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 51 | 51 | | ________________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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