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==Political life==

==Political life==

In 1982, Corte was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and served three years on active duty. He joined the Marine Corps Reserve and was activated in the Gulf War of 1991. After the terrorist attacks of [[September 11, 2001]], Corte was recalled to duty and sent to [[Egypt]]. In 2002, he graduated from the [[United States Army]] War College in Carlisle,  [[Pennsylvania]]. A [[colonel]] in the [[United States Marine Corps]], Corte served in the [[Iraq War]] for more than six months.<ref name=txcc>{{cite web|url=http://txcc.org/content/frank-corte-jr|title=Frank Corte, Jr.|publisher=txcc.org|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref>​ Corte was awarded the [[Bronze Star]].<ref name=corte>{{cite web|url=http://walkerreport.blogspot.com/2009/12/state-rep-frank-corte-to-step-down-from.html|title=State Rep. Frank Corte to step down from the State Legislature|date=December 30, 2009|publisher=Walker Report|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref>

In 1982, Corte was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and served three years on active duty. He joined the Marine Corps Reserve and was activated in the Gulf War of 1991. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (known as 9-11), Corte was recalled to duty and sent to [[Egypt]]. In 2002, he graduated from the [[United States Army]] War College in Carlisle,  [[Pennsylvania]]. A [[colonel]] in the [[United States Marine Corps]], Corte served in the [[Iraq War]] for more than six months.<ref name=txcc>{{cite web|url=http://txcc.org/content/frank-corte-jr|title=Frank Corte, Jr.|publisher=txcc.org|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref>​ Corte was awarded the [[Bronze Star]].<ref name=corte>{{cite web|url=http://walkerreport.blogspot.com/2009/12/state-rep-frank-corte-to-step-down-from.html|title=State Rep. Frank Corte to step down from the State Legislature|date=December 30, 2009|publisher=Walker Report|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref>

While he was away twice on military deployments, he designated his wife, the former Valerie Ann Ryder (born 1967), the mother of their three children, as his stand-in for his legislative duties, a procedure allowed in Texas.​<ref name=lrl>{{cite web|url= http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=96&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~district=123~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=77~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Frank J. Corte, Jr.|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref> Valerie is one of four daughters of the former Mary Louise Wilson (born 1940) and Gene Ed Ryder (born 1932), a native of Canyon in Randall County,  who was reared in Seymour in Baylor County, Texas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429353/m1/14/zoom/|title=Mrs. Rilda New Ryder, wife of Johnny Allen Ryder|publisher=''The Baylor County Banner'', Vol. 56, No. 29|date=March 13, 1952|accessdate=November 26, 2015}}</ref> and was a training administrator for the [[United States Air Force]] until his retirement in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Valerie&qmi=&qn=Corte&qcs=San+Antonio%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Valerie Ann Corte|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=November 26, 2015}}</ref> Corte's father-in-law Gene Ryder was a member of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee from 1994 to 2000 and a [[George W. Bush]] delegate to the 2000 and 2004 [[Republican National Convention]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prabook.org/web/person-view.html?profileId=516638|title=Gene Ed Ryder|publisher=prabook.org|accessdate=February 23, 2016}}</ref>

While he was away twice on military deployments, he designated his wife, the former Valerie Ann Ryder (born 1967), the mother of their three children, as his stand-in for his legislative duties, a procedure allowed in Texas.​<ref name=lrl>{{cite web|url= http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=96&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~district=123~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=77~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Frank J. Corte, Jr.|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref> Valerie is one of four daughters of the former Mary Louise Wilson (born 1940) and Gene Ed Ryder (born 1932), a native of Canyon in Randall County,  who was reared in Seymour in Baylor County, Texas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429353/m1/14/zoom/|title=Mrs. Rilda New Ryder, wife of Johnny Allen Ryder|publisher=''The Baylor County Banner'', Vol. 56, No. 29|date=March 13, 1952|accessdate=November 26, 2015}}</ref> and was a training administrator for the [[United States Air Force]] until his retirement in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Valerie&qmi=&qn=Corte&qcs=San+Antonio%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Valerie Ann Corte|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=November 26, 2015}}</ref> Corte's father-in-law Gene Ryder was a member of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee from 1994 to 2000 and a [[George W. Bush]] delegate to the 2000 and 2004 [[Republican National Convention]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prabook.org/web/person-view.html?profileId=516638|title=Gene Ed Ryder|publisher=prabook.org|accessdate=February 23, 2016}}</ref>