88S30480 CW-D
By: Herrero H.R. No. 8
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, First Sergeant Hector A. Sanchez of the United
States Marine Corps was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major (E9)
at a ceremony on August 4, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Previously, Sergeant Major Hector Sanchez served as
Inspector-Instructor First Sergeant for Company C, 1st Battalion,
23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division of the Marine Corps
Forces Reserve in Corpus Christi, Texas; he was assigned to the
Division in April of 2021, and on September 15, 2023, he was
transferred to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment at the Naval
Reserve Center in Houston, Texas, where he assumed his post as
Inspector-Instructor Sergeant Major, a senior enlisted rank in the
United States Marines; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Major Sanchez joined the U.S. Marine Corps
in 2004 and was first assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina as
a military police corrections specialist; in the succeeding years,
he served in such roles as senior drill instructor and duty brig
supervisor and was promoted to Corporal, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant,
Gunnery Sergeant, and First Sergeant, and in 2012, he was
transferred to the 1st Law Enforcement Battalion; he deployed to
Afghanistan in 2013 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and
the following year, he reported to the Marine Security Guard School
in Quantico, Virginia, where he distinguished himself as an honor
graduate and high shooter; and
WHEREAS, After serving as the capital Detachment Commander
for U.S. consulates in China and Mexico, Sergeant Major Sanchez was
named senior corrections counselor at Camp Pendleton, California;
in 2020, he assumed the duties of an Alpha Company First Sergeant,
preparing his unit for the Southwest Border Mission, and he
recently helped oversee the mobilization of the 1st Battalion, 23rd
Marine Regiment in support of Operation Allies Welcome; his awards
include the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and
Achievement Medal; actively engaged in his community, he has been
involved with Toys for Tots in Nueces County, among numerous other
initiatives; and
WHEREAS, The exceptional leadership demonstrated by Sergeant
Major Hector Sanchez has greatly benefited the U.S. Marine Corps
and Company C, and he may indeed reflect with pride on all that he
has accomplished as he takes on the challenges and opportunities of
his new rank and assignment; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Hector
A. Sanchez on his promotion to Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine
Corps and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success in
his important work and service to country; Semper Fi!; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Sergeant Major Sanchez as an expression of high regard
by the Texas House of Representatives.