88(3) HR 8 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

	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.
	Herrero
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 8 was adopted by the House on November
	1, 2023, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House