“...I never knew that a Texas *state* guard even existed until I saw it mentioned in this thread...”
See 36th Infantry Division
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_%28United_States%29#mediaviewer/File:36th_US_Infantry_Division.png
Texas National Guard. They go back a long way.
...I never knew that a Texas *state* guard even existed until I saw it mentioned in this thread...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_State_Guard
Texas Military Forces
..Texas State Guard
..Texas Army National Guard
..Texas Air National Guard
I'm still not certain how many "Guards" we're talking about here.Of course Texas has an Army and Air National Guard...as do the other 49 states.But I've seen references made in this thread to some kind of *state* guard,one over which Osama Obama,presumably,would have no immediate,direct command authority.