Duty – Honor – Texas

THE TEXAS MILITARY DEPARTMENT (TMD) HELD A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY August 16, 2021, at Camp Swift, Bastrop, Texas, along with a host of government officials to commemorate the unveiling of the first ever 3D-printed Barracks. TMD partnered with a construction technology company to design, and 3D print an innovative training barracks. The 3,800 sq. ft. building is set to house up to 72 soldiers or airmen at their primary training facility while they train for missions in Texas or overseas. Pictured is U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) (left), the Adjutant General of Texas, MG Tracy Norris (center) and one of Icon Technology Inc

co-founders, Evan Loomis. (Photo by SFC Elizabeth Pena)

BASTROP

HOUSTON

COL ANDREW CAMACHO, THE 147TH ATTACK WING COMMANDER, speaks to members as they begin out-processing to assist in Operation Lone Star at the Texas border. “The 147th Attack Wing is answering Governor Abbott’s call to activate Texas National Guard members in support of border operations. We are ready to assist our partners and protect Texans during the ongoing border crisis,” said Col Camacho.

RIO GRANDE VALLEY

MEN AND WOMEN OF THE TEXAS STATE GUARD teamed up with other state agencies in the Rio Grande Valley for their 22nd year to support Operation Lone Star. (Photo courtesy of the Texas State Guard)

EGYPT

THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD HOSTED A DELEGATION OF SENIOR OFFICERS from the Egyptian Armed Forces for the Egypt-Texas International Summit (ETIS) in Texas at the invitation of Texas Adjutant General, MG Tracy Norris. The weeklong summit provided a collaborative environment for Texas and Egypt’s senior military leaders to discuss the future of the Egypt-Texas partnership and learn more about each other’s respective organizations. The Texas National Guard formally established a partnership with the Arab Republic of Egypt through the National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) at a signing ceremony in Cairo this past June. (Photo by SFC Melisa Washington)

NETHERLANDS

CPT MICHAEL JONES, COMMANDER, D CO 1-143RD INFANTRY REGIMENT (AIRBORNE) reenlists SSG David Cobb at the Houtdorpveld drop zone during Falcon Leap, NATO’s largest Airborne technical

exercise, Sept. 16, 2021, in the Netherlands. (Photo courtesy of D Co 1-143rd Infantry Regiment)

SAN ANTONIO

THE 149TH FIGHTER WING congratulated the Air Force’s newest F16 Pilots at their graduation ceremony in San Antonio, Texas. Pictured left to right is 1st Lt Aarie M. Rogers, Capt Scott T.

Adams and 1st Lt Chandler P. Jax. (Photo courtesy of the 149th Fighter Wing)

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWEST WARRANT OFFICERS in the Texas Army National Guard. Pictured left to right is: WO1

Emmanuel A. Griffin (MI), WO1 Jonathan Seigle (SC), WO1 Jared A. Vanfleet (MI), WO1 Diana R. Musgrove (QM), WO1 Jason L. Moilanen (SC), WO1 WO1 Rogers, USAR, (MI), WO1 Chase Martin (AV), WO1 Brenton Fielder – Honor Graduate (FA), and

WO1 Jeffrey P. Hearty (FA). All are members of NGAT and NGAUS.

BAYOU BLUE, LA

SPC DAKOTA HATCHER, a member of the 836th Sapper Company under Task Force CHAOS, conducts debris clearing operations at a local middle school in Bayou Blue, Louisiana, during Hurricane Ida response Sept 11, 2021.

(Photo by TSgt Agustin Salazar)

NETHERLANDS

CPT DANIEL OTT, EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE 1-143RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, presents Italian airborne wings alongside Czech Republic soldiers during Falcon Leap, Sept. 16, 2021, in the Netherlands. The team commemorated their jump together highlighting that the Texas Military Department shares a state partnership with the Czech Republic. (Photo by CPT Nadine DeMoura)

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TEXAS STATE GUARD DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL Anthony Woods

(right), and Major Adam Muery (left), present the TXSG Commander’s Coin to Southside Market and BBQ CEO Bryan Bracewell in appreciation for his support of the Texas State Guard. Recently, Muery and the Texas State Guard conducted training and readiness drills at Camp Swift and Southside Market & BBQ provided the troops with food for the weekend’s training.