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After World War II, the Texas National Guard was reorganized with the 36th Infantry Division and the new 49th Armored Division. [ 2 ] The 49th Armored Division was ordered to active federal service in October 1961 at Dallas, for the 1961 Berlin Crisis , and reverted to state control in August 1962. [ 2 ]
The 49th Armored Division —nicknamed the "Lone Star"— was an armored division of the Texas Army National Guard during the Cold War. Active from 1947, the division formed part of the Texas Army National Guard together with the 36th Infantry Division. It was called up for active duty between 1961 and 1962 during the Berlin Crisis. In 1968 ...
112th Cavalry "Rarin' to Go" - From 1973 all of the Texas Army National Guard armor units were renumbered as battalions of the 112th Armor. From 1988–93 eight battalions were assigned to the 112th making it then the largest armored regiment in the U.S. Army. [ 12 ]
The 36th Infantry Division assisted alongside other Texas National Guard units were activated to assist with the COVID-19 Pandemic. The 36th Infantry Division assisted with delivering over 7,000 pallets of protective equipment to testing facilities, decontaminating nursing homes, [23] and distributing over 5,900,000 COVID-19 tests. [24]
The Texas Air National Guard is the current air warfare branch of the Texas Military Forces for the State of Texas. It is composed of the 149th Fighter Wing, the 136th Airlift Wing, the 147th Attack Wing, the 254th Combat Communications Group, the 272nd Engineering Installation Squadron, and the 204th Security Forces Squadron.
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
Coast Guard Air Station Houston: Houston Coast Guard Sector Field Office Galveston: Galveston Coast Guard Station Aransas: Port Aransas: Coast Guard Station Freeport: Surfside Beach: Coast Guard Station Port O'Connor: Port O'Connor: Coast Guard Station Sabine Pass: Port Arthur: Coast Guard Station Saluria: Matagorda Island: Coast Guard Station ...
The Army National Guard (ARNG) is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army.It is simultaneously part of two different organizations: the Militia of the United States (consisting of the ARNG of each state, most territories, and the District of Columbia), as well as the federal ARNG, as part of the National Guard as a whole (which includes the Air ...