Posted on 04/29/2015 2:49:38 PM PDT by patriot08
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday asked the State Guard to monitor a U.S. military training exercise dubbed "Jade Helm 15" amid Internet-fueled suspicions that the war simulation is really a hostile military takeover.
The request comes a day after more than 200 people packed a meeting in rural Bastrop County and questioned a U.S. Army commander about whether the government was planning to confiscate guns or implement martial law.
"It is important that Texans know their safety, constitutional rights, private property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed," Abbott wrote. "By monitoring the Operation on a continual basis, the State Guard will facilitate communications between my office and the commanders of the Operation to ensure that adequate measures are in place to protect Texans."
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And prep.
Prep and prep.
And monitor.
Don’t forget to prep and monitor.
America is tearing itself apart. Monitor and prep.
Elect Cruz and Palin.
(Stupid Gallup: Their information on guns comes from their “Gallup Crime” survey.... as if owning a gun is a crime....)
What do you mean “akin to”, the State Guard doesn’t do Armor, and Rangers, and jet fighters, and Airborne Infantry and combat.
It is just the “state guard”, mostly for dealing with disasters and such, but they are not Army troops.
“Who do they swear allegiance to...”
The Oath - Texas State Guard
“I, _________________, do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the State of Texas and to the United States of America; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the orders of the governor of Texas, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the laws, rules, and articles for the government of the military forces of the State of Texas.”
I was mistaken, I misread the original link, saw Army National Guard, Air National Guard, and skipped right over Texas State Guard being separate. I’m glad Texas has that. I wish more states would have one not beholden to the feds.
The Texas State Guard and the National Guard are two different organizations. The State Guard answers to the Governor as C-in-C and cannot be nationalized by the Prezzy Obam@sshat.
Akin in the sense that the website says they are one of three legs of State Military in Texas (two of which can be called up by the feds).
From the link I posted: "The Texas Military Forces is composed of the three branches of the military in the state of Texas. These branches are the Texas Army National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, and the Texas State Guard. All three branches are administered by the state Adjutant General, an appointee of the Governor of Texas, and fall under the command of the Governor.
The mission of the Texas State Guard (TXSG) is to provide mission-ready military forces to assist state and local authorities in times of state emergencies; to conduct homeland security and community service activities under the umbrella of Defense Support to Civil Authorities; and to augment the Texas Army National Guard and Texas Air National Guard as required."
It’s not much more than patrol boats, small arms, and whatnot.
The budget is zero. Love for some billionaire to donate money for them to have little heavier weapons (e.g., crewed guns, mortars, claymores, etc) and pay to train in guerrilla warfare.
That would probably be a useful force in the coming century.
” Internet-fueled suspicions that the war simulation is really a hostile military takeover”
Maybe the fact that Jade Helm is labeling several states as belligerents and targeting sovereign citizens as bad guys might make people a tad nervous. Not to mention that a 2 month stint is not an exercise its an OCCUPATION. Wake the flock up!
“but they are not Army troops.”
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Most are former U.S. military. Many are also former members of A&M’s Corps of Cadets.
Easy mistake to make just looking at it quickly, but Texas has, and has had some really cracker jack Guard units.
One of the top Divisions of WWII was the Texas 36th, and the Texans have had an Airborne Ranger company, and usually have some kind of Airborne Infantry unit, the 49th Armored division was theirs and I imagine their Air National Guard has a good history.
Here is their current Airborne unit:
1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment, the only Airborne infantry battalion in the Army National Guard. The unit includes a battalion headquarters and headquarters company (HHC), 3 rifle companies (Cos A, B, and C), a weapons company (Co D), and a forward support company (FSC). Most elements of the battalion will be located in Texas, with Co B in Alaska and Co C in Rhode Island. Rather than converting an existing TX ARNG unit, the battalion is being built from the ground up.
It's good to have ANY force, though, that's not beholden to the Feds.
/johnny
We had one in NC but it was disbanded in 1996 by the NC Adjutant General.
The NC State Guard Association was formed from some of the former members of the State Guard as a 501 c3 organization.
They stand ready for if they are needed.
Yeah, I'm not always very observant. My wife says she could get away with a lot and I'd never realize it.
I assumed that most of them would be veterans of some sort, but they are not war time troops, nor true military.
Q: What are the general requirements to join TMAR?
A: The requirements for joining TMAR are the same as for joining the Texas State Guard (TXSG):
Resident of Texas or enrolled student
Age 17 to 60
Reasonable Good Health
Pass criminal background check
Prior Military Service NOT required
Helpful skill sets: Law Enforcement, Legal, Rescue, Medical [Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics], Civil Affairs, Chaplain, Communications and IT
No educational requirement for enlistment
Educational and age requirements exist for officer commissioning
Federal Service retirement NOT affected
NO overseas deployment
http://2nd-bn-tmar-state-tx.us/faq/faq.htm
The increasing number of insane people with guns is not a good thing. See the yellow line.
A state guard seems like a pretty important organization for every state to have, especially states with a lot of hard charging patriotic people who want to be ready for state emergencies and disasters, people like the Southern states have.
I would like to see state guard people manning road blocks and aid stations during forest fires and floods and such.
states are sovereign on its soil. There are only very specific circumstances which give sway to the feds.
This is not one of them
The army does not waste time training for something they have no plans to do. JMHO!
Um, have you seen a Apache Longbow or a Bradley in action? I certainly believe the soldiers and Marines NCOs and most other E ranks will support or at least decline to engage citizens. Not so sure about how the field grade officers who one day want their own Flag will respond.
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