Texas Military Forces

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Governor Rick Perry, Commander in Chief
Governor Rick Perry, Commander in Chief
Gen. Charles Rodriguez, Adjutant General
Gen. Charles Rodriguez, Adjutant General

The Texas Military Forces is the combined military strength of the U.S. state of Texas. It is composed of three branches, the Texas Army National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, and the Texas State Guard; all report to the state Adjutant General and are under the command of the Governor of Texas.

It was first established by Stephen F. Austin in February 18, 1823 under the authorization of Emperor of Mexico Agustín de Iturbide, who directed Austin "to organize the colonists into a body of the national militia, to preserve tranquility," as well as to make war on Indian tribes who were hostile and molested the settlements. Later, in 1835 all of the Texian militias came under the command of Sam Houston for the provisional government of the Republic of Texas and secured independence from Mexico. Since that time the President of the Republic of Texas, and later the Governor of the State of Texas, has exercised command and control over the internal military forces of Texas.

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[edit] Texas Army National Guard Units

[edit] 36th Infantry Division

[edit] 36th Combat Aviation Brigade

[edit] 71st Troop Command

[edit] 136th Regiment (CA) (RTI)

[edit] 6th WMD-CST

One of the first of the now 55 teams that are spread across the United States of America that is tasked with immediate, less than 24 hour response to any target unknown chemical, biological, and radiological incident. The team is a 22 man team that can self-sestain for 72 hours of continious operations and is constantly training to stay on top of the technology and techniques for sampling, evidence collection, identification, and education of the possibilities that the team may be alerted for.

The team members initially sign-on to the team thru the Active Guard Reserve (AGR) program for three (3) years. Through this time, each member goes to Civil Support Skills Course (CSSC) out of Ft. Leonard Wood, MO...

[edit] Texas Air National Guard Units

[edit] Texas Air National Guard Headquarters

The Texas Air National Guard Headquarters at Camp Mabry in Austin includes the state headquarters staff whose mission is to provide command and control of Texas Air Guard units.

[edit] 136th Airlift Wing

The 136th Airlift Wing in Fort Worth flies C-130 cargo aircraft carrying personnel and equipment around the world. The 531st Air Force Band is co-located with the 136th Airlift Wing.

[edit] 147th Fighter Wing

The 147th Fighter Wing, headquartered in Houston on the Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, provides a worldwide deployable dual-role fighter/attack capability while covering the Gulf Coast from Brownsville, Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana in the Air Sovereignty Alert mission.

[edit] 111th Fighter Squadron

The 111th Fighter Squadron is attached to the 147th Fighter Wing. The Squadron flys the Block 25 F-16C Fighting Falcon dual-role fighter.

[edit] 149th Fighter Wing

The 149th Fighter Wing is headquartered in San Antonio on Lackland Air Force Base. The fighter wing is assigned to the US Air Forces Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and is one of the primary "school houses" for F-16 pilots.

[edit] 182d Fighter Squadron

The 182 Fighter Squadron is attached to the 149th Fighter Wing. The Squadron flys the Block 30 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon dual-role fighter.

[edit] 204th Security Forces Squadron

The 204th Security Forces Squadron located at Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss, El Paso. They are the only heavy weapons security forces unit in the Air National Guard. Since September 11, 2001 attacks, members of the 204th SFS have seen duty in central and southwest Asia, in Africa and even onboard ship in the Persian Gulf. They have served on installations in several states in the U.S. and taught military base defense in Latin American countries. The unit still has members serving in the Iraq area of operations as part of Aerospace Expeditionary Forces.

[edit] 254th Combat Communications Group

The 254th Combat Communications Group, located in Garland, the 254th provides worldwide command, control, communications and computer (C4) systems, information management and combat support critical to war fighting capabilities. The 254th's primary mission is to provide planning and engineering for Combat Communications Squadrons that provide tactical (high-frequency radio, telephone, satellite and network) communications and terminal air traffic control services to support emergency U.S. Air Force requirements. The 254th provides a staff element for management of communications personnel and equipment when deployed in support of Air Force missions worldwide in locations where these capabilities don't exist, and are prepared to do so under hostile conditions and during peacetime as well.

[edit] 272d Engineering Installation Squadron

The 272d Engineering Installation Squadron, headquartered in La Porte, provides worldwide engineering, installation and relocation of command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems.

[edit] Texas State Guard Units

The Texas State Guard is a military entity authorized by both the State Code of Texas and executive order. The Texas State Guard (TXSG) is the state’s authorized militia and assumes the state mission of the Texas National Guard in the event the Guard is mobilized. The TXSG is mostly composed of retired and former active, guard and reserve military personnel and selected professional persons who volunteer their time and talents in further service to their state. These forces are federally recognized, but are separate from the National Guard and are not meant to be federalized, but rather service the state exclusively, especially when the National Guard is deployed and unavailable.

[edit] Army

[edit] Air

[edit] Maritime

[edit] Medical