Story by Master Sgt. Michael Leslie | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 11.11.2017
Schools across Texas honored service members for Veterans Day by showing their support through programs and remembrance. The 36th Infantry Division was there to say thank you and give back to the veterans who came before them....
Story by Spc. Christina Clardy | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 10.29.2017
Capt. Christina Briggs took her new company to the field on her first drill. To prepare for three days on the weapon ranges away from the unit’s home base, a hundred moving parts and pieces had to be approved and put in place to allow for training and weapons qualifications. She set the tone as she expressed her high expectations. She reviewed logistical checklists and quizzed the company......
Story by Spc. Christina Clardy | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 09.12.2017
On Aug. 28th, Gov. Greg Abbott mobilized approximately 12,000 members of the Texas Military Department after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Texas Coast with high winds and upwards to 50 inches of rain — leaving many areas devastated with the high, unprecedented floodwaters. The soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry......
Story by Sgt. Michael Giles | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 07.18.2017
The 36th Infantry Division celebrates its 100th anniversary July 18, 2017 and soldiers from the division honored their 100-year legacy of service during their July drill, with sweat, reverence and festivities. The celebration began as several hundred soldiers marched along Congress Avenue from across Lady Bird Lake and up to the Texas State Capitol. When they arrived, they stood in......
Story by Spc. Christina Clardy | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 07.15.2017
On the morning of July 15th, Texas' own 36th Infantry Division held a change of command ceremony on the Texas State Capitol steps as Maj. Gen. Lester Simpson, officially relinquished command to the new commander, Maj. Gen. S. Lee Henry....
Story by Spc. Christina Clardy | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 06.24.2017
FORT HOOD, TEXAS - Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment (HIMARS), attached to the 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard hosted a Family Day on Saturday, June 25, during their two-week annual training at Fort Hood, Texas. Families, friends, and civilian co-workers and employers were invited to Fort Hood to......
Story by Spc. Christina Clardy | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 12.04.2016
(AUSTIN, Texas) — Colonel Charles "Chuck" Aris, the Assistant Division Commander of Support, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in a ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 4, at Camp Mabry. Maj. Gen. James K. "Red" Brown, the Deputy Commanding General — Reserve Component, United States Forces, promoted Aris to his one-star rank with his friends, family members and colleagues present....