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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Warrant Officer Gregg Swanson is retiring from |
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| 6 | 7 | | the U.S. Army on May 17, 2021, drawing to a close nearly two decades |
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| 7 | 8 | | of service to his nation; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Gregg Swanson enlisted in the army on September 17, |
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| 9 | 10 | | 2001, and received his basic and advanced training at Fort Sill, |
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| 10 | 11 | | Oklahoma, and Fort Huachuca, Arizona; he served at Camp Essayons in |
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| 11 | 12 | | South Korea as an intelligence analyst before transferring to Fort |
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| 12 | 13 | | Drum, New York, and deploying to Iraq for 13 months at the rank of |
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| 13 | 14 | | corporal; following his promotion to sergeant, he worked as an |
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| 14 | 15 | | airborne targeting surveillance supervisor at Robins Air Force Base |
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| 15 | 16 | | in Georgia, where he was deployed several times between 2006 and |
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| 16 | 17 | | 2010 and became the lead evaluator; and |
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| 17 | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, Sergeant Swanson was accepted into the Army |
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| 18 | 19 | | Warrant Officer Flight Program and trained to fly the OH-58D Kiowa |
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| 19 | 20 | | Warrior helicopter, and in 2012, he was deployed out of Hunter Army |
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| 20 | 21 | | Airfield in Georgia to Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he was pilot in |
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| 21 | 22 | | command and trained junior pilots; after training as a fixed-wing |
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| 22 | 23 | | pilot, he was transferred to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South |
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| 23 | 24 | | Korea, where as pilot in command he flew intelligence missions for |
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| 24 | 25 | | two and a half years along the border of North Korea in an RC-12X |
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| 25 | 26 | | Guardrail aircraft; he also served another combat deployment in |
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| 26 | 27 | | Afghanistan and helped set up operations for missions in Eastern |
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| 27 | 28 | | Europe; he is completing his military service at Fort Bliss in El |
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| 28 | 29 | | Paso; and |
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| 29 | 30 | | WHEREAS, Chief Warrant Officer Gregg Swanson's courage, |
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| 30 | 31 | | skill, and dedication to duty have greatly benefited the defense of |
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| 31 | 32 | | our nation and earned him the respect and admiration of his fellow |
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| 32 | 33 | | soldiers, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his record of |
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| 33 | 34 | | outstanding service as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of |
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| 34 | 35 | | his life; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 36 | 37 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Chief Warrant Officer Gregg |
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| 37 | 38 | | Swanson on his retirement from the U.S. Army and extend to him |
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| 38 | 39 | | sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it |
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| 39 | 40 | | further |
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| 40 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 41 | 42 | | prepared for Chief Warrant Officer Swanson as an expression of high |
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| 42 | 43 | | regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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