H.R. No. 1294
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Chief Warrant Officer Gregg Swanson is retiring from
the U.S. Army on May 17, 2021, drawing to a close nearly two decades
of service to his nation; and
WHEREAS, Gregg Swanson enlisted in the army on September 17,
2001, and received his basic and advanced training at Fort Sill,
Oklahoma, and Fort Huachuca, Arizona; he served at Camp Essayons in
South Korea as an intelligence analyst before transferring to Fort
Drum, New York, and deploying to Iraq for 13 months at the rank of
corporal; following his promotion to sergeant, he worked as an
airborne targeting surveillance supervisor at Robins Air Force Base
in Georgia, where he was deployed several times between 2006 and
2010 and became the lead evaluator; and
WHEREAS, In 2010, Sergeant Swanson was accepted into the Army
Warrant Officer Flight Program and trained to fly the OH-58D Kiowa
Warrior helicopter, and in 2012, he was deployed out of Hunter Army
Airfield in Georgia to Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he was pilot in
command and trained junior pilots; after training as a fixed-wing
pilot, he was transferred to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South
Korea, where as pilot in command he flew intelligence missions for
two and a half years along the border of North Korea in an RC-12X
Guardrail aircraft; he also served another combat deployment in
Afghanistan and helped set up operations for missions in Eastern
Europe; he is completing his military service at Fort Bliss in El
Paso; and
WHEREAS, Chief Warrant Officer Gregg Swanson's courage,
skill, and dedication to duty have greatly benefited the defense of
our nation and earned him the respect and admiration of his fellow
soldiers, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his record of
outstanding service as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of
his life; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Chief Warrant Officer Gregg
Swanson on his retirement from the U.S. Army and extend to him
sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Chief Warrant Officer Swanson as an expression of high
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
González of El Paso
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1294 was adopted by the House on May
26, 2021, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House