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Posted on 07/07/2005 5:02:26 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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Any idea if other states, such as PA, have a similar unit?
Don't know how many of all y'all are Texans, but here's an opportunity to step up to the plate if'n ya are...
Unfortunately, the situation has become somewhat confused in recent years, because of the appearance of "militias" which sometimes claim to be a state's legitimate defense force, or to be seeking "recognition" from the state government. Pennsylvania's "Pennsylvania Militia Reserve" appears to fall into this latter category.
Probably the largest state defense forces are the Texas State Guard and the New York Guard.
A few states even have naval militias, which historically take the place where the "Navy National Guard" is supposed to be. Some of the state naval militias even sent ships to the Spanish-American War. At present, I think only Ohio, New York, and New Jersey have naval militias.
For a list of non-naval state defense forces, see this link. Unfortunately, it doesn't distinguish between official and "pretender" organizations. You have to go to the organization's website to see if they're actually under the supervision of the state Adjutant General.
Texas ping!
Great grandfather HR was a member of the Texas Volunteer Guard. Was that a predecessor of this? I know they used to muster at Camp Mabry toward the end of his service.
Thanks for the ping. What a great bunch of guys. I wonder if all states have a group like this. They sure should have. :)
Thanks for the info.
Pennsylvania "military reserve" is NOT a Govt. sanctioned state guard. PA simply does not have a state guard. There are a lot of groups out there trying to pass themselves off as real. Texas does indeed have a state guard, as do a number of other states, including, believe it or not, New York.
So--how many women are in the Texas State Guard?
This would be something that I would volunteer for if I wasn't away for work so much. I do not make commitments that I cannot keep, but do appreciate those that are volunteering.
I don't know, but we have several in the Arizona Rangers. The Rangers are not in the same category as the guard, they are a quasi-official police organization modeled after the original Texas and Arizona Rangers of the late 19th Century.
I've been giving this group some thought...
But maybe I'm getting too old (hehehe) for the ground pounding stuff...
If they had a flotilla of small boats, or coastal patrol craft...Then I'd be a dangerous contributor to the process...
Dangerous to the enemy...I'd be in my element...
If the Navy sold a few old Mk III's to the folks here, I'd be in like Flint...
Get a 40mm up front, a post mounted .50 (or even a 20mm) in the back, a couple of M-60's or SAW's mounted "amidships" (that nautical talk, hehehe)...I just shudder at the thought of those who could be on the receiving end of my gunners attention...
A good comm set, radar and GPS navigation, and that'd be all she wrote...
The Coastal waters and inland waterways of Texas would be very secure in that regard...
Ahhhh, the good ole days...
Texas State Guard ~ Bump!
Looks like it became part of the Texas National Guard, well before the Texas State Guard was organized in 1940, hispana.
"The Spanish-American War (1898) saw the nationalization of the Texas Volunteer Guard. The 28th Legislature, Regular Session, reorganized the state militia into a Reserve Militia and a Texas National Guard, on April 1, 1903."
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/30023/tsl-30023.html
"If they had a flotilla of small boats, or coastal patrol craft...Then I'd be a dangerous contributor to the process..."
Looks like maybe you need to start up the Texas Navy, stevie! Write a letter to Gov. Perry!
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