HR 277 — Celebrating the life of Command Sergeant Major Mack F. Rice, Sr., USA, Ret.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24106689D I HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.

277 E N Offered February 29, 2024 Celebrating the life of Command Sergeant ––––––––––Major Mack F.

TAgreed Patron––Cordozato by the House of Delegates, March 4, 2024 R ––––––––––O WHEREAS, Command Sergeant Major Mack F.

Rice, Sr., USA, Ret., an honorable veteran and OL belovedbelWHEREAS, membera native of Denmark, South Carolina, Mack Rice enlisted with the HamptonUnited community,States diedArmy in August 1959 and went on Decemberto 18,serve 2023;his country with honor and distinction for the next 30 years;

andandL D WHEREAS, aMack nativeRice ofbegan Denmark,his Southmilitary Carolina,career Mack Rice enlisted with the United2nd StatesInfantry ArmyBrigade in August 1959 and wentwould onlater toE serveCommand, hisVietnam countryteam withduring honor and distinction for the nextVietnam 30War; years;

and serveGeorgia, asand be deployed with a seniorMilitary AssistanceD WHEREAS, after returning from Vietnam, Mack Rice served as a drill sergeant at what is now Fort Benning,Johnson Georgia,in andLouisiana bebefore deployedbeing withselected ato Militaryattend Assistancethe Command,United VietnamStates teamArmy duringSergeants theMajor VietnamAcademy, War;which he graduated from in 1976;

and E WHEREAS, after returning from Vietnam, Mack Rice served as a drill sergeant at what is now Fort Johnson in Louisiana before beinghe selectedwas promoted to attend the Unitedrank Statesof Armycommand Sergeantssergeant Majormajor; Academy, which he graduated from in 1976;

andfornia, and Fort Riley, Kansas WHEREAS, after serving as command sergeant major of the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Commandant, 8th Infantry Division at the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy in Baumholder, H Germany, Mack Rice carriedreturned outto assignmentsthe United States in Long1984 Beach,to California,serve andas Fortpost Riley,command Kansassergeant beforemajor heat 2 ForWHEREAS, in his last assignment, Mack Rice was promotedselected to serve as the rankfirst-ever commandant of command7 sergeantthe major;newly created Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Fort Monroe, helping to shape the trajectory ofR the U.S.

and Commandant, 8th Infantry Division at the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy in Baumholder, Germany, Mack Rice returned to the United States in 1984 to serve as post command sergeant major at Fort Monroe;

and WHEREAS, in his last assignment, Mack Rice was selected to serve as the first-ever commandanH of the newly created Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Fort Monroe, helping to shape the traject2ry of the U.S.

and 7 WHEREAS, Mack Rice received several awards and decorations in recognition of his valor and Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Army Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters, and the Air Medal;

andandWHEREAS, WHEREAS, Mack Rice gave generously of his time in support of his fellow veterans by volunteering at the military pharmacy at the Langley Air Force Base in Hampton;

and 35WHEREAS, years,Mack Elizabeth;Rice will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by his loving wife of 51 first wife, Anna;

his children, Barbara, Mack, Jr., Hakim, Rochelle, and Monique, and their families;

his 36 first wife, Anna;

now, therefore, be itittheir 37families; RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Command / 38 Sergeant Major Mack F.

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Rice, Sr., USA, Ret., as anion expression of the House of Delegates' respect for his memory.