THE CZECH REPUBLIC EMBASSY gifted Czech goulash and bread to 500 U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the Nebraska and Texas National Guard, both of which the country shares a state partnership with, while in Washington D.C. for the Presidential Inauguration, January 20, 2021. At least 25,000 National Guard men and women were authorized to conduct security, communication and logistical missions in support of federal and District authorities leading up and through the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (Photo by SSG Herschel Talley)
WASHINGTON D.C.
SAN ANTONIO SPC SAMANTHA FLORES (LEFT) AND SPC ZOEY ORTIZ (right) both members of the 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade conduct radio communications training on the importance of radio transmissions and clear communication utilizing the appropriate call signs.
FORT WORTH NORTH DAKOTA NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS from the 816th Military Police Company, Bismarck N.D., file into a C-130H2 aircraft assigned to the 136th Airlift Wing out of Fort Worth, Texas, January 15, 2021. The Citizen-Soldiers departed for Washington D.C. in support of the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (Photo by SSgt De’Jon Williams)
HUNTSVILLE
HOUSTON SOLDIERS OF THE 136TH EXPEDITIONARY SIGNAL BATTALION, stand in formation at the Deployment Ceremony November 20, 2020, at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. The Battalion will be stationed in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. (Photo by the Texas Military Department)
12 | N a t i o n a l G u a r d A s s o c i a t i o n o f T e x a s
H Winter 2021
A DIVER FROM THE 2ND BRIGADE, Texas State Guard, exits Lake Raven, Huntsville State Park, after practicing his search tactics by clearing a popular swimming area of potentially hazardous debris, November 14, 2020. These skills are put to use during hurricane and floods across the brigade’s area of operations from Beaumont to College Station. (Photo by SGT Danel Emert)
