Texas National Guard

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The Texas National Guard of the state of Texas is part of the Texas Military Forces and is part of the United States National Guard ( acronymized USNG ) established in 1903 and thus also part of the second instance of the Military Reserve of the United States Armed Forces .

organization

The members of the National Guard are voluntary service payable militiamen that the Governor (currently Greg Abbott subject to). The current adjutant general of Texas is Tracy R. Norris. The national guards of the states have been federally and institutionally closely linked to the regular army and air force since 1903 , so that the federal level can fall back on them under certain circumstances with the consent of Congress . Separate from this is the state guard , the Texas State Guard (TXSG) , which is solely obliged to the state. The Texas National Guard consists of the two branches of the Army and the Air Force , namely the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard .

Workforce

The Texas Army National Guard (as of 2017) has a population of 17,270, the Texas Air National Guard one of 3,086, so together they have a total of 20,356. The Texas Army National Guard , making it the most powerful people in the United States National Guard.

Texas Army National Guard units

The main units of the Texas Army National Guard are:

  • 36th Infantry Division with headquarters in [Austin], Texas (first active in 1917, 49th Armored Division from 1947 to 2004 )
  • 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
  • 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team
  • 36th Combat Aviation Brigade
  • 71st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
  • 36th Sustainment Brigade
  • 176th Engineer Brigade
  • 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
  • 136th Expeditionary Signal Battalion
  • 136th Regiment (CA) (RTI)

Texas Air National Guard units

The Texas Air National Guard consists of the following active units:

  • 149th Fighter Wing in Kelly Field, San Antonio , Texas (active since 1961)
  • 136th Airlift Wing at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth , Texas (active since 1943)
  • 147th Attack Wing at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Houston , Texas (active since 1957)
  • 254th Combat Communications Group in Hensley Field, Texas (active since 1952)
  • 272nd Engineering Installation Squadron at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Houston , Texas
  • 204th Security Forces Squadron in Fort Bliss, Texas

history

The Texas National Guard traces its roots back to the Militia Associations ( Texas Militia ) founded by Stephen F. Austin in 1823 and the Texas Rangers founded in the course of the Texan War of Independence in 1835 . With the annexation of Texas on February 19, 1845, the militia associations were integrated into the United States. 59,000 militiamen were involved in the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 on the US side. Texas left the Union before the start of the Civil War and joined the Confederate States of America, founded in early February 1861 . Texan militia units fought on both sides of the front. The process of Reconstruction ended for Texas on March 30, 1870. Since the Militia Act (1903) are the militia units of the states by federal law and institutionally closely linked to the regular army and air force and performed their service in both the First and Second World War and the Korean War . Civil rescue operations concerned a. the 1947 Texas City explosion , Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes, and the drug war on the border with Mexico .

Web links

Commons : Texas National Guard  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sig Christenson: First woman to head Texas National Guard had a hero — her mom . In: San Antonio Express News . March 17, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  2. ^ DoD Personnel, Workforce Reports & Publications . DoD. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ https://tmd.texas.gov/ , accessed June 2, 2020.