Texas 2023 - 88th 3rd C.S.

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1	1	H.R. No. 8
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, First Sergeant Hector A. Sanchez of the United
6	6	States Marine Corps was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major (E9)
7	7	at a ceremony on August 4, 2023; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Previously, Sergeant Major Hector Sanchez served as
9	9	Inspector-Instructor First Sergeant for Company C, 1st Battalion,
10	10	23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division of the Marine Corps
11	11	Forces Reserve in Corpus Christi, Texas; he was assigned to the
12	12	Division in April of 2021, and on September 15, 2023, he was
13	13	transferred to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment at the Naval
14	14	Reserve Center in Houston, Texas, where he assumed his post as
15	15	Inspector-Instructor Sergeant Major, a senior enlisted rank in the
16	16	United States Marines; and
17	17	WHEREAS, Sergeant Major Sanchez joined the U.S. Marine Corps
18	18	in 2004 and was first assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina as
19	19	a military police corrections specialist; in the succeeding years,
20	20	he served in such roles as senior drill instructor and duty brig
21	21	supervisor and was promoted to Corporal, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant,
22	22	Gunnery Sergeant, and First Sergeant, and in 2012, he was
23	23	transferred to the 1st Law Enforcement Battalion; he deployed to
24	24	Afghanistan in 2013 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and
25	25	the following year, he reported to the Marine Security Guard School
26	26	in Quantico, Virginia, where he distinguished himself as an honor
27	27	graduate and high shooter; and
28	28	WHEREAS, After serving as the capital Detachment Commander
29	29	for U.S. consulates in China and Mexico, Sergeant Major Sanchez was
30	30	named senior corrections counselor at Camp Pendleton, California;
31	31	in 2020, he assumed the duties of an Alpha Company First Sergeant,
32	32	preparing his unit for the Southwest Border Mission, and he
33	33	recently helped oversee the mobilization of the 1st Battalion, 23rd
34	34	Marine Regiment in support of Operation Allies Welcome; his awards
35	35	include the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and
36	36	Achievement Medal; actively engaged in his community, he has been
37	37	involved with Toys for Tots in Nueces County, among numerous other
38	38	initiatives; and
39	39	WHEREAS, The exceptional leadership demonstrated by Sergeant
40	40	Major Hector Sanchez has greatly benefited the U.S. Marine Corps
41	41	and Company C, and he may indeed reflect with pride on all that he
42	42	has accomplished as he takes on the challenges and opportunities of
43	43	his new rank and assignment; now, therefore, be it
44	44	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
45	45	Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Hector
46	46	A. Sanchez on his promotion to Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine
47	47	Corps and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success in
48	48	his important work and service to country; Semper Fi!; and, be it
49	49	further
50	50	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
51	51	prepared for Sergeant Major Sanchez as an expression of high regard
52	52	by the Texas House of Representatives.
53	53	Herrero
54	54	______________________________
55	55	Speaker of the House
56	56	I certify that H.R. No. 8 was adopted by the House on November
57	57	1, 2023, by a non-record vote.
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59	59	Chief Clerk of the House