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Abbott unveils plans to build a National Guard base camp near the Rio Grande
The Hill ^ | 02/16/2024 | Tara Suter

Posted on 02/16/2024 4:15:44 PM PST by EliRoom8

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) unveiled plans Friday to build a National Guard base camp near the Rio Grande that could house up to 1,800 troops in Eagle Pass, Texas.

“[W]e are building a new Texas Military Department base camp that allows the Texas National Guard to increase and to improve operations in this area,” Abbott said Friday during a press conference in the border city.

“This will increase the ability for a larger number of Texas Military Department soldiers in Eagle Pass to operate more effectively and efficiently,” he added. “Before now, the Texas National Guard had been scattered across this entire region in cramped quarters, away from fellow soldiers, and sometimes traveling long distances to do their job. This base camp is going to dramatically improve conditions for our soldiers.”

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1 posted on 02/16/2024 4:15:44 PM PST by EliRoom8
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To: EliRoom8

BRAVO TEXAS!

THANK YOU!


2 posted on 02/16/2024 4:19:06 PM PST by R0CK3T
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To: EliRoom8

Quadruple it !!


3 posted on 02/16/2024 4:31:31 PM PST by wardamneagle
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To: EliRoom8

It would be a good idea to begin planning bases at the interstate entry points for any possible invasion by the US govt.
Time to secede.

TEXIT!


4 posted on 02/16/2024 4:41:09 PM PST by texanyankee
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To: EliRoom8

Needs to add strategic staging areas for LAVs and a few tanks in plain view.

All parking for vehicles faces the border.

Cartel THAT hombres...

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5 posted on 02/16/2024 4:44:39 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: EliRoom8

camps with 50 caliber and 20mm gun turrets


6 posted on 02/16/2024 4:49:15 PM PST by DOC44 ( )
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To: EliRoom8
Love it. This will drive the lefties nuts.

I can't wait for them to awaken from their drug and alcohol-induced overnight haze and comment tomorrow.

7 posted on 02/16/2024 4:56:51 PM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: EliRoom8

The only way to secure the border: horse cavalry.

At least one full division. Maybe two.


8 posted on 02/16/2024 5:40:27 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: texanyankee

We need a lot more than one.


9 posted on 02/16/2024 5:41:34 PM PST by bgill
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To: EliRoom8

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/16/texas-border-national-guard-base-eagle-pass/


10 posted on 02/16/2024 6:04:07 PM PST by Texan4Life
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To: EliRoom8

Maybe they can be allowed to SHOOT the invaders for once.


11 posted on 02/16/2024 6:13:09 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: EliRoom8

Meanwhile, the US military is building fives bases in Somalia.

https://apnews.com/article/somalia-us-cooperation-new-military-bases-74e4a4d96a75990bf08dba75cf19ef3a


12 posted on 02/16/2024 6:13:49 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: texanyankee

That long stretch of freeway heading east of Eagle Pass could accommodate two or three more check stations.


13 posted on 02/16/2024 6:30:38 PM PST by EliRoom8
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To: EliRoom8

Use spent batteries from electric vehicles to build the wall.


14 posted on 02/16/2024 7:04:32 PM PST by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

A green energy idea I can support would be building an electric fence at the border


15 posted on 02/16/2024 8:12:03 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: bgill

The official TX Rio Grande border measurement ranges from 889 to 1,248 miles, depending on how the river is measured.


16 posted on 02/17/2024 10:04:48 AM PST by wardamneagle
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To: Blue Highway

I think with drones that fences could be superfluous. Have a friend who has a large ranch in the border. Illegals killed four of his guards dogs.


17 posted on 02/18/2024 4:31:27 AM PST by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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18 posted on 02/18/2024 11:41:34 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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