Bill Text: TX SR8 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Tiffany Millender on the occasion of her retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-08 - Reported enrolled [SR8 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR8-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Family, friends, and military personnel gathered | ||
| in Killeen on June 7, 2023, to honor retired U.S. Army Sergeant | ||
| Tiffany Millender for her brave and dedicated service to her | ||
| country and to celebrate her move into a Building Homes for | ||
| Heroes house; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sergeant Millender and her daughter received the | ||
| keys to their new mortgage-free home from Building Homes for | ||
| Heroes, a nonprofit that gifts newly built or modified homes to | ||
| wounded U.S. service members and their families; the | ||
| organization also provides financial planning services through | ||
| its collaboration with the National Association of Personal | ||
| Financial Advisors; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2004, Tiffany Millender joined the U.S. Army, | ||
| and she went on to rise to the rank of sergeant; her overseas | ||
| deployments included two tours in Iraq and one tour in | ||
| Afghanistan; while assigned to the 64th Brigade Support | ||
| Battalion in Iraq, she and her unit came under attack from enemy | ||
| fire that penetrated their operating base; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sergeant Millender later received medical | ||
| retirement to conclude her distinguished 14-year military | ||
| career; among her honors are six Army Commendation Medals, five | ||
| Army Achievement Medals, two Valorous Unit Awards, the Global | ||
| War On Terrorism Service Medal, five Iraq Campaign Medals with | ||
| campaign star, the Expert Marksmanship Badge with rifle bar, | ||
| and the Driver and Mechanic Badge with driver-wheeled vehicle | ||
| clasp; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt of gratitude to the | ||
| members of the U.S. armed forces who put themselves in harm's way | ||
| to defend our safety, security, and freedom, and Building Homes | ||
| for Heroes is helping to award Sergeant Tiffany Millender the | ||
| appreciation she so richly deserves; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend retired U.S. | ||
| Army Sergeant Tiffany Millender for her valorous service to her | ||
| country and extend to her sincere best wishes for happiness in | ||
| her new home; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for Sergeant Millender as an expression of high regard | ||
| from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Flores | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on June 8, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
