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Sarah Boykin, of Meryville, La., greets her husband,

Sarah Boykin, of Meryville, La., greets her husband,

Sarah Boykin, of Meryville, La., greets her husband, Spc. Tommy Boykin, of Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion of the 133rd Field Artillery, 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, out of Port Arthu... More

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk flies over the

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk flies over the

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk flies over the Palo Pinto Wildfire in North Texas. The crews were launched out of the Austin Army Aviation Support Facility to help fight the fires. The aircraft are equipp... More

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks respond to help

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks respond to help

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks respond to help fight the wildfires in North Texas. The helicopters we launched out of the Austin Army Aviation Support Facility. The aircraft are equipped with a Bambi Bu... More

Spc. Howard Sonnier prepares to hoist a rope to Spc.

Spc. Howard Sonnier prepares to hoist a rope to Spc.

Spc. Howard Sonnier prepares to hoist a rope to Spc. Eric Reynolds in order to connect the improved ribbon bridge bays while conducting IRB operations during Operator New Equipment Training. Soldiers are assign... More

Sgt. Candice Perez, 712 MP Company Task Force Raptor

Sgt. Candice Perez, 712 MP Company Task Force Raptor

Sgt. Candice Perez, 712 MP Company Task Force Raptor (3-124), inches her way forward during mat drills at Camp Swift.

Master Sgt. Juan Benevidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124),

Master Sgt. Juan Benevidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124),

Master Sgt. Juan Benevidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124), searches Sfc. Federico Lopez for contraband. The Task Force conducts enemy prisoner of war training as part of their premobilization training at Camp Swift.

Master Sgt. Juan Benavidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124),

Master Sgt. Juan Benavidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124),

Master Sgt. Juan Benavidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124), escorts Sfc. Federico Lopez after searching him for contraband. The task force conducts enemy prisoner of war training as part of their premobilization tra... More

Staff Sgt. Joshua Lancaster, instructor at the Combat

Staff Sgt. Joshua Lancaster, instructor at the Combat

Staff Sgt. Joshua Lancaster, instructor at the Combat Support Training and Evaluation Battalion at Camp Swift, points out terrain features to soldiers from Task Force Raptor (3-124). The Task Force hones its na... More

Sgt. Wingo, 712 MP Company Task Force Raptor, draws

Sgt. Wingo, 712 MP Company Task Force Raptor, draws

Sgt. Wingo, 712 MP Company Task Force Raptor, draws out a sand table on the ground explaining to fellow soldiers the plan of attack. Task force soldiers conduct mounted and dismounted drills as part of their pr... More

Jessica Lee from the Socio-Cultural Research and Advisory

Jessica Lee from the Socio-Cultural Research and Advisory

Jessica Lee from the Socio-Cultural Research and Advisory Team with Africa Command, gives Texas National Guardsmen a class on culture. The soldiers with Task Force Raptor will be deploying early next year to th... More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew chief looks out toward

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew chief looks out toward

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew chief looks out toward the blaze. Texas National Guard crews launched out of the Austin Army Aviation Facility to fight wild fires threatening homes and property near Bastrop, Te... More

Spc. Don Comstock, with the 111th Engineer Battalion,

Spc. Don Comstock, with the 111th Engineer Battalion,

Spc. Don Comstock, with the 111th Engineer Battalion, TXARNG, leads a bulldozer through a fire break. The Texas National Guardsmen have been fighting the Texas wildfires for over 10 days, Bastrop, Texas, Sept. 7, 2011.

Sgt. Greg Kerr looks for the target Spc. Archie Speights

Sgt. Greg Kerr looks for the target Spc. Archie Speights

Sgt. Greg Kerr looks for the target Spc. Archie Speights points out. The Texas National Guardsmen from the Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor, qualify with their 240 machine gun during Pre-Mobilization Training at ... More

Sgt. James Lorance from Charlie Company, Task Force

Sgt. James Lorance from Charlie Company, Task Force

Sgt. James Lorance from Charlie Company, Task Force Raptor, pulls his way across training mats using only his hands. Soldiers from the Task Force practice their Army Combatives Skills at Pre-Mobilization Traini... More

Spc. Jim Harris, Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124),

Spc. Jim Harris, Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124),

Spc. Jim Harris, Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124), pulls security as his platoon stops to check for possible improvised explosive devices. The Texas National Guardsmen from the Task Force have been brushi... More

Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, checks the knots

Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, checks the knots

Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, checks the knots on Staff Sgt. Joe Shultz' Swiss Seat. The Texas National Guardsmen from the Site Security Team, Charlie Troop, 3-124 CAV, out of Terrell, Texas, are tightening... More

Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, checks the knots

Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, checks the knots

Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, checks the knots on Staff Sgt. Joe Shultz' rappel harness. The soldiers from the Site Security Team, Task Force Raptor, are tightening up on their rappelling skills in preparat... More

Texas National Guardsmen from Task Force Raptor (3-124

Texas National Guardsmen from Task Force Raptor (3-124

Texas National Guardsmen from Task Force Raptor (3-124 CAV) up early getting their gun trucks ready for the ranges. The soldiers are qualifying on the gun truck gunnery range in preparation for their deployment... More

The Lufkin community shows it's support with a colorful

The Lufkin community shows it's support with a colorful

The Lufkin community shows it's support with a colorful and very patriotic dessert for the deploying soldiers of the 702nd Military Police Company and their families. Texas National Guardsmen from the 702nd are... More

Army Sgt. David A. Hixson, a medic from Arlington,

Army Sgt. David A. Hixson, a medic from Arlington,

Army Sgt. David A. Hixson, a medic from Arlington, Texas with Security Force Assistance Team Tombstone, teaches Afghan Uniform Police members how to apply an improvised tourniquet during a joint medical trainin... More

U.S. Army Soldiers with Security Force Assistance Team

U.S. Army Soldiers with Security Force Assistance Team

U.S. Army Soldiers with Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT) Liberty, conduct a check of the customs yard near the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border near Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 5, 2013. Th... More

U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd

U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd

U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, and Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) provide security at an AUP checkpoint during a visit by International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF)... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Peter Willis, with the 56th Infantry

U.S. Army Sgt. Peter Willis, with the 56th Infantry

U.S. Army Sgt. Peter Willis, with the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas National Guard, watches traffic pass from a guard tower at a police station of Tarin Kot in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 25... More

Cpt. Zachry W. Carroll, from San Antonio, Texas, with

Cpt. Zachry W. Carroll, from San Antonio, Texas, with

Cpt. Zachry W. Carroll, from San Antonio, Texas, with Security Force Assistance Team Liberty, Texas Army National Guard, provides security outside of an Afghan Border Police checkpoint near the Afghanistan-Paki... More

Texas native answers his team’s call

Texas native answers his team’s call

Cpl. Jeffrey Gober, a Baytown, Texas, native, has been answering the call of his commander, Maj. Carl Lockett, during operations as the only forward observer assigned to to the 5K "Miners” Security Force Adviso... More

Members of the Combined Task Force 2-23 (2nd Battalion,

Members of the Combined Task Force 2-23 (2nd Battalion,

Members of the Combined Task Force 2-23 (2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment) and Task Force 435 law enforcement dismount a Stryker armored vehicle after arriving for the Tactical Site Exploitation class in t... More

Spc. Jacob R. Garza, a medic with Security Force Assistance

Spc. Jacob R. Garza, a medic with Security Force Assistance

Spc. Jacob R. Garza, a medic with Security Force Assistance Team 8, Texas Army National Guard, discusses the human body with Afghan Border and Uniformed Police during medical training April 29 at Forward Operat... More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Player, Security Force

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Player, Security Force

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Player, Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT), Texas National Guard, talks to an Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) officer at a police station at Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, Afgha... More

Afghan Uniformed Police receive donated gear from U.S.

Afghan Uniformed Police receive donated gear from U.S.

Afghan Uniformed Police receive donated gear from U.S. Army Reserve Cpt. Gavino Rivas, a rule of law advisor and police officer from League City, Texas. The equipment was donated from the League City and Housto... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Banner, a squad leader with Bravo

U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Banner, a squad leader with Bravo

U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Banner, a squad leader with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, leads his squad on a dismounted presence patrol near Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak in Kandahar provin... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Patrick Gurski, Security Force Assistance

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Patrick Gurski, Security Force Assistance

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Patrick Gurski, Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT), 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas Army National Guard, discusses current operations with Afghan National Police (ANP) Maj. Haji Ka... More

U.S. Soldiers carry an Afghan Border Police officer

U.S. Soldiers carry an Afghan Border Police officer

U.S. Soldiers carry an Afghan Border Police officer to an awaiting medical evacuation helicopter after a suicide bombing at the Afghan-Pakistan border crossing near the base of Forward Operating Base Spin Bolda... More

Members of 1-124th Cavalry Squadron approach the finish

Members of 1-124th Cavalry Squadron approach the finish

Members of 1-124th Cavalry Squadron approach the finish line of the unit's annual spur ride at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 12, 2014. The spur ride, open to all soldiers in or attached to a Cavalry unit, tests basic ... More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ryan Ramsey, Maneuver Area

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ryan Ramsey, Maneuver Area

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ryan Ramsey, Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site (MATES) environmental officer in charge, Texas Army National Guard and Maj. John Hutka MATES superintendent, accept an award from Brig.... More

Engineers from the 111th Engineer Battalion, Texas

Engineers from the 111th Engineer Battalion, Texas

Engineers from the 111th Engineer Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, working with local first responders, rescue three people from a stalled vehicle stuck in a low water crossing, May 26, 2015 near Granbury,... More

Members of the Texas National Guard's 236th Engineering

Members of the Texas National Guard's 236th Engineering

Members of the Texas National Guard's 236th Engineering Company change a flat tire on a Light Medium Terrain Vehicle in preparation of conducting flood rescue operations in Huntsville, Texas, Oct. 24, 2015. Mem... More

Volunteers from the Texas Military Forces Museum's

Volunteers from the Texas Military Forces Museum's

Volunteers from the Texas Military Forces Museum's Living History Detachment conduct a Vietnam War-era reenactment portraying U.S. service members engaged in battle with elements of the Viet Cong, April 16, 201... More

Soldiers from the Texas National Guard's Honor Guard

Soldiers from the Texas National Guard's Honor Guard

Soldiers from the Texas National Guard's Honor Guard recognize the service of Airman First Class James Beatty with full military honors, during a Missing in American Project ceremony held at Camp Mabry in Austi... More

Severe flooding in Wharton, Texas. In coordination

Severe flooding in Wharton, Texas. In coordination

Severe flooding in Wharton, Texas. In coordination with Texas Task Force 1 and the City of Wharton emergency services, a detachment from Delta Company of the 536th Brigade Support Battalion, Texas Army National... More

Members from Texas' Joint Counterdrug Taskforce answer

Members from Texas' Joint Counterdrug Taskforce answer

Members from Texas' Joint Counterdrug Taskforce answer questions from Eagle Lake Intermediate School fifth graders during a brief assembly at the school in Eagle Lake, Texas, April 25, 2016. The taskforce membe... More

Sgt. Mora, a soldier with the Texas Joint Counterdrug

Sgt. Mora, a soldier with the Texas Joint Counterdrug

Sgt. Mora, a soldier with the Texas Joint Counterdrug Taskforce speaks with J.C. Elementary School fifth graders during a brief anti-drug presentation May 4, 2016, in Laredo, Texas. Later, some students witness... More

Michael Weir, Texas ChalleNGe Academy-West program

Michael Weir, Texas ChalleNGe Academy-West program

Michael Weir, Texas ChalleNGe Academy-West program director, addresses TCA-W graduates and guests during the 2015-2 graduation June 25, 2016, in Iraan, Texas. After the 22-week residential phase of the alternat... More

Norma Villarreal Quiñones, 1st Sgt. Mario Quiñones'

Norma Villarreal Quiñones, 1st Sgt. Mario Quiñones'

Norma Villarreal Quiñones, 1st Sgt. Mario Quiñones' widow, receives a hug following a ceremony where Texas Joint Counterdrug Taskforce executive officer, after he and Col. Suzanne Adkinson, taskforce commander,... More

Texas ChalleNGe Academy-West candidates wait to be

Texas ChalleNGe Academy-West candidates wait to be

Texas ChalleNGe Academy-West candidates wait to be bussed to the Sheffield, Texas, campus during the Texas ChalleNGe Academy in-processing at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, July 16, 2016. TCA is a Department of D... More

Texas ChalleNGe Academy-East candidates attend a life

Texas ChalleNGe Academy-East candidates attend a life

Texas ChalleNGe Academy-East candidates attend a life skills class at the TCA-E campus in Eagle Lake, Texas, July 18, 2016. TCA is a Department of Defense program through the Texas National Guard's Joint Counte... More

Texas ChalleNGe Academy-East candidates receive their

Texas ChalleNGe Academy-East candidates receive their

Texas ChalleNGe Academy-East candidates receive their uniforms during acclimation graduation at the TCA-E campus in Eagle Lake, Texas, July 29, 2016. TCA is a Department of Defense program through the Texas Nat... More

A Texas National Guard engineer operates an excavator

A Texas National Guard engineer operates an excavator

A Texas National Guard engineer operates an excavator to demolish a house in that was known to be used by drug users and dealers, Aug. 3, 2016, in Dallas, Texas, as part of the Texas Joint Counterdrug Taskforce... More

Texas Army National Guard Maj. Joanna Orozco, Deputy

Texas Army National Guard Maj. Joanna Orozco, Deputy

Texas Army National Guard Maj. Joanna Orozco, Deputy State Surgeon, Texas Military Department, left, explains the bone marrow donation process to Texas Army National Guard Lt. Col. Joanne MacGregor, right, duri... More

Soldiers stand on stage and hold a piece of paper with

Soldiers stand on stage and hold a piece of paper with

Soldiers stand on stage and hold a piece of paper with an alphabetical letter representing each of the seven Army Values while another Soldier recites the meaning of each value during the 863rd Engineer Battali... More

Texas Military Forces Museum Director and World War

Texas Military Forces Museum Director and World War

Texas Military Forces Museum Director and World War I re-enactor, Jeff Hunt, speaks to gathering crowds about World War I era weapons as the Texas Historical Commission, Texas Military Forces Museum, th3 36th I... More

A Texas National Guard Soldiers rests in between hurricane

A Texas National Guard Soldiers rests in between hurricane

A Texas National Guard Soldiers rests in between hurricane response missions in Cypress Creek, Texas, August 29, 2017. National Guard soldiers partnered with the Cypress Creek Fire Department, Klein Fire Depart... More

Flood victims evacuate their neighborhood assisted

Flood victims evacuate their neighborhood assisted

Flood victims evacuate their neighborhood assisted by Texas National Guardsmen from the 386th Engineer Battalion, first responders from the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services and Texas Task Force 1... More

Flood waters ranging in depth from six inches to five

Flood waters ranging in depth from six inches to five

Flood waters ranging in depth from six inches to five feet, in Orange, Texas, August 30, 2017. As the remnants of Hurricane Harvey continued to linger over the city, hundreds of service members, first responder... More

Matt Paul, swift-water rescue technician with Travis

Matt Paul, swift-water rescue technician with Travis

Matt Paul, swift-water rescue technician with Travis County Emergency Medical Services and Texas Task Force 1, flags down a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter to assist in a medical evacuation following the pat... More

A first responder from the Travis County Emergency

A first responder from the Travis County Emergency

A first responder from the Travis County Emergency Medical Services and Texas Task Force 1 readies a rescue boat to evacuate people endangered by severe flooding in Orange, Texas, August 30, 2017. National Guar... More

A Texas Army National Guardsman partnered with volunteers,

A Texas Army National Guardsman partnered with volunteers,

A Texas Army National Guardsman partnered with volunteers, directs vehicles through the water point at the Victoria Community Center Point of Distribution (POD) in Victoria, Texas, Sept. 2, 2017. Texas Guardsme... More

BEAUMONT, Texas -- To help with relief efforts after

BEAUMONT, Texas -- To help with relief efforts after

BEAUMONT, Texas -- To help with relief efforts after Hurricane Harvey, water and food are staged and stored at the Ford Park Entertainment Complex arena floor until they are distributed to areas affected, Sept.... More

Soldiers from the 56th Task Force pause from the hurricane

Soldiers from the 56th Task Force pause from the hurricane

Soldiers from the 56th Task Force pause from the hurricane relief operations to remember the tragic events and honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

Battle buddies motivate Sgt. 1st Class Sampson Mejia,

Battle buddies motivate Sgt. 1st Class Sampson Mejia,

Battle buddies motivate Sgt. 1st Class Sampson Mejia, left, before an obstacle at the Texas Military Department's Best Warrior Competition, March 1, 2018 at Camp Swift near Bastrop, Texas. Participants from thr... More

Employers learning about the requirements Texas Army

Employers learning about the requirements Texas Army

Employers learning about the requirements Texas Army National Guard Soldiers must maintain. More than 15 employers representing businesses from across the state of Texas were recognized for supporting their Te... More

Soldiers with the 4th Battalion of the 133rd Field

Soldiers with the 4th Battalion of the 133rd Field

Soldiers with the 4th Battalion of the 133rd Field Artillery Regiment rehearse launching operations with a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System at Fort Hood, Texas, July 16, 2018. Members of the 4th Batta... More

Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, adjutant

Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, adjutant

Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, adjutant general for the Texas Military Department, presents her coin to David Cabrera, regional director with the Texas Department of Public Safety, during her visit... More

Stuart I.R. Haniff, Chief Executive Officer of the

Stuart I.R. Haniff, Chief Executive Officer of the

Stuart I.R. Haniff, Chief Executive Officer of the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley explains operations at the food bank with Brig. Gen. Greg Chaney, the Deputy Adjutant General – Army at the Food Bank of the... More

U.S. Army Spc. Maritssa Quintanilla (left), a combat

U.S. Army Spc. Maritssa Quintanilla (left), a combat

U.S. Army Spc. Maritssa Quintanilla (left), a combat medic specialist poses for a photo with fellow volunteers. (Courtesy photo)

Texas Guardsmen traverse snow and ice looking for motorists

Texas Guardsmen traverse snow and ice looking for motorists

Texas Guardsmen traverse snow and ice looking for motorists in need, during extreme winter weather conditions in Waco, Texas. Service members from the Texas Army, Air and State Guards worked in support of the T... More

Texas Army National Guard aviators fly water and food

Texas Army National Guard aviators fly water and food

Texas Army National Guard aviators fly water and food to Temple, North Austin and San Antonio, February 20, 2021. Aviators from both the Texas Air National Guard and Texas Army National Guard flying C-130s, UH... More

Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Ros, 386th Engineer Battalion,

Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Ros, 386th Engineer Battalion,

Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Ros, 386th Engineer Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, and his wife, after returning home from deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004-2005. Ros, while saving his son from... More

Mayor of Seagoville Sidney M. Sexton Jr. addresses

Mayor of Seagoville Sidney M. Sexton Jr. addresses

Mayor of Seagoville Sidney M. Sexton Jr. addresses Texas National Guardsmen from Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124 CAV), at their casing ceremony. The soldiers deploy to the Horn of Africa early this year.

Erica Justice, of Port Neches, Texas, sits with her

Erica Justice, of Port Neches, Texas, sits with her

Erica Justice, of Port Neches, Texas, sits with her husband, Sgt. Jeffrey Justice, of Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion of the 133rd Field Artillery, 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, out of... More

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk flies over the

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk flies over the

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk flies over the Palo Pinto Wildfire in North Texas. The crews were launched out of the Austin Army Aviation Support Facility to help fight the fires. The aircraft are equipp... More

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks respond to help

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks respond to help

Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks respond to help fight the wildfires in North Texas. The helicopters we launched out of the Austin Army Aviation Support Facility. The aircraft are equipped with a Bambi Bu... More

Soldiers ferry four M1977 common boat transporters

Soldiers ferry four M1977 common boat transporters

Soldiers ferry four M1977 common boat transporters while conducting improved ribbon bridge operations during Operator New Equipment Training. Soldiers are assigned to the 551st Multi-Role Bridge Company, 386th... More

Capt. Chris Sedtal battles Capt. Douglas Yates, HHT

Capt. Chris Sedtal battles Capt. Douglas Yates, HHT

Capt. Chris Sedtal battles Capt. Douglas Yates, HHT Company Task Force Raptor (3-124), during Army Combatives Training at Camp Swift.

Master Sgt. Juan Benevidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124)

Master Sgt. Juan Benevidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124)

Master Sgt. Juan Benevidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124) , searches Sfc. Federico Lopez for contraband. The Task Force conducts enemy prisoner of war training as part of their premobilization training at Camp Swift.

Soldiers from Task Force Raptor (3-124) are given a

Soldiers from Task Force Raptor (3-124) are given a

Soldiers from Task Force Raptor (3-124) are given a class on how to handle enemy prisoners of war. The task force learns EPW training as part of their premobilization training at Camp Swift.

Spc. Joshua Lewis and Staff Sgt. Matthew Young with

Spc. Joshua Lewis and Staff Sgt. Matthew Young with

Spc. Joshua Lewis and Staff Sgt. Matthew Young with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop Task Force Raptor (3-124) out of Wylie, Texas, plot out their grid points. The Soldiers from the Task Force sharpen their ... More

Soldiers from the 712 Military Police Company, Task

Soldiers from the 712 Military Police Company, Task

Soldiers from the 712 Military Police Company, Task Force Raptor, provide security for the platoon leader as he approaches the village elder's house in a training exercise. Task force soldiers conduct mounted a... More

Jessica Lee from the Socio-Cultural Research and Advisory

Jessica Lee from the Socio-Cultural Research and Advisory

Jessica Lee from the Socio-Cultural Research and Advisory Team with Africa Command, gives Texas National Guardsmen a class on culture. The soldiers with Task Force Raptor will be deploying early next year to th... More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew roll out the Bambi

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew roll out the Bambi

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew roll out the Bambi Bucket to install it on the aircraft. Texas National Guard crews launched out of the Austin Army Aviation Facility to fight wild fires threatening homes and pr... More

Bulldozers with the 111th Engineer Battalion, TXARNG,

Bulldozers with the 111th Engineer Battalion, TXARNG,

Bulldozers with the 111th Engineer Battalion, TXARNG, clear trees and brush to create a firebreak. These firebreaks help keep the fire from potentially damaging homes and property, like the one scene in the bac... More

Spc. Joseph Perez from Charlie Company, Task Force

Spc. Joseph Perez from Charlie Company, Task Force

Spc. Joseph Perez from Charlie Company, Task Force Raptor, helps his fellow soldier make it to finish point. Soldiers from the Task Force practice their Army Combatives Skills at Pre-Mobilization Training held ... More

Sgt. Joseph Carter, Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor

Sgt. Joseph Carter, Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor

Sgt. Joseph Carter, Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124), pulls security as his platoon stops to check for possible IEDs. The Texas National Guardsmen from the Task Force have been brushing up on their soldie... More

Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, makes sure Sgt. Jeff

Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, makes sure Sgt. Jeff

Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, makes sure Sgt. Jeff Ausborn gear is ready to go. The soldiers from the Site Security Team, Task Force Raptor, are tightening up on their rappelling skills in preparation for t... More

Texas National Guardsmen from Task Force Raptor (3-124

Texas National Guardsmen from Task Force Raptor (3-124

Texas National Guardsmen from Task Force Raptor (3-124 CAV) up early getting their gun trucks ready for the ranges. The soldiers are qualifying on the gun truck gunnery range in preparation for their deployment... More

Spc. James Cutbirth, along with his fellow Texas National

Spc. James Cutbirth, along with his fellow Texas National

Spc. James Cutbirth, along with his fellow Texas National Guardsmen, takes aim. The soldiers from the Site Security Team, Charlie Troop, 3-124 Cavalry out of Terrell, Texas, are practicing their marksmanship sk... More

Soldiers with Blackfoot Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd

Soldiers with Blackfoot Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd

Soldiers with Blackfoot Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and Security Force Assistance Team 8, comprised of members of the Texas Army National Guard, leave a ... More

U.S. Army Soldiers with Security Force Assistance Team

U.S. Army Soldiers with Security Force Assistance Team

U.S. Army Soldiers with Security Force Assistance Team Liberty and A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, walk from the customs yard near the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border near Spin Boldak in Ka... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kirby D. Watkins, from Nashville,

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kirby D. Watkins, from Nashville,

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kirby D. Watkins, from Nashville, Tenn., serving with Security Force Assistance Team 20, Texas Army National Guard, collects biometric samples from an Afghan Uniformed Policeman (AUP) at an AU... More

U.S. Army Cpl. Oscar Trevino, with the 56th Infantry

U.S. Army Cpl. Oscar Trevino, with the 56th Infantry

U.S. Army Cpl. Oscar Trevino, with the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas National Guard checks the optics on his M240 machine gun prior to test firing the weapon at the range before a mission at Multi Na... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Nichole D. Sharp, right, with the 3rd

U.S. Army Sgt. Nichole D. Sharp, right, with the 3rd

U.S. Army Sgt. Nichole D. Sharp, right, with the 3rd Infantry Division and her Military Working Dog Hatos, provide security for members of Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT) Liberty outside of an Afghan Bord... More

Border Police Lt. Sadullah Khan and U.S. Army Maj.

Border Police Lt. Sadullah Khan and U.S. Army Maj.

Border Police Lt. Sadullah Khan and U.S. Army Maj. Miles Baker, a Security Force Assistance Team mentor, greet each other during the Tactical Site Exploitation class in the district of Spin Boldak, Kandahar pro... More

A member of Australia's Special Operations Task Group

A member of Australia's Special Operations Task Group

A member of Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) provides security during a training validation exercise for Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. ... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Luis Hernandez, Security Force

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Luis Hernandez, Security Force

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Luis Hernandez, Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT), Texas National Guard, talks to an off-duty Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) officer while providing security on the perimeter of a police s... More

Spc. Jacob R. Garza, a medic with Security Force Assistance

Spc. Jacob R. Garza, a medic with Security Force Assistance

Spc. Jacob R. Garza, a medic with Security Force Assistance Team 8, and Sgt. David A. Hixson, a medic with SFAT 20, Texas Army National Guard, demonstrate to Afghan Border and Uniformed Police how to treat a br... More

Afghan Uniformed Police receive donated gear from U.S.

Afghan Uniformed Police receive donated gear from U.S.

Afghan Uniformed Police receive donated gear from U.S. Army Reserve Cpt. Gavino Rivas, a rule of law advisor and police officer from League City, Texas. The equipment was donated from the League City and Housto... More

U.S. Army Capt. Troy Yoho, commander of Bravo Company,

U.S. Army Capt. Troy Yoho, commander of Bravo Company,

U.S. Army Capt. Troy Yoho, commander of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, conducts a dismounted presence patrol with his unit near Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak in Kandahar province, Af... More

Staff Sgt. Chad Brooks (right), Security Force Assistance

Staff Sgt. Chad Brooks (right), Security Force Assistance

Staff Sgt. Chad Brooks (right), Security Force Assistance Team, 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas Army National Guard, provides security for key enablers during a logistics inspection in Tarin Kowt, Uruz... More

U.S. Soldiers with the Security Force Assistance Team

U.S. Soldiers with the Security Force Assistance Team

U.S. Soldiers with the Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT), 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas National Guard, provide security during a logistics inspection in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, June 4, 2013. The... More

U.S. Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak

U.S. Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak

U.S. Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak carry an Afghan civilian to an awaiting medical evacuation helicopter after a suicide bombing at the Afghan-Pakistan border crossing near the base in Kandahar... More

A Cavalry soldier from 1-124th Cavalry Squadron is

A Cavalry soldier from 1-124th Cavalry Squadron is

A Cavalry soldier from 1-124th Cavalry Squadron is awarded his spurs at the conclusion of the unit's annual spur ride, Jan. 12, 2014, at Fort Hood, Texas. The spur ride, open to all soldiers in or attached to a... More

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