Courtesy Story | Indiana National Guard Headquarters | 04.16.2025
INDIANAPOLIS – Approximately 50 Hoosier Guardsmen will return to Indiana after being mobilized on State Active Duty to support the Texas National Guard in Operation Lone Star. As Commander in Chief of the Indiana National Guard, Gov. Mike Braun declared the Indiana National Guard mission successful, commending the federal government for their emphasis on border security....
Story by Lance Cpl. Abigail Paul | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 12.22.2020
American military personnel are constantly deployed all over the world. In every clime and place, Marines are all a part of a complex and expansive supply network that partners members from all branches, but how does a PowerPoint slide at Camp Pendleton teach Marines how to re-supply deployed service members? This week during the Operational Logistics Seminar (OLS) from November 30 to December......
Courtesy Story | Texas Military Department | 08.01.2016
AUSTIN, Texas- For the 18th consecutive year, Operation Lone Star took place in the Rio Grande Valley, July 25 – 29, 2016. Also known as OLS, the operation is an annual public health training event brought together by a large team of health organizations to train for public health emergencies and disasters....
Story by Capt. Martha Nigrelle | Texas Military Department | 07.28.2016
PHARR, Texas – Patients lined the hallways and examination beds filled the gym as both military and civilian personnel worked together to provide hundreds of people with medical services. This was what the Chilean military delegation saw as they walked into Pharr San Juan Alamo High School to observe Operation Lone Star, July 27, 2016....
Story by Capt. Martha Nigrelle | Texas Military Department | 07.28.2016
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Texas Guardsmen and U.S. Army Reservists worked alongside civilian partner agencies to provide necessary medical care to underserved Texas residents during Operation Lone Star, July 25-29, 2016 in La Joya, Pharr, Brownsville, Rio Grande City and Laredo....
Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Miller | 100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.01.2013
Anyone who has participated in more than one of the 15 Operation Lone Star events has likely met or been seen by Col. Arnold “Skip” Jones, Medical Command, 71st Troop Command, Texas Army National Guard....
Story by Luke Elliott | Texas State Guard | 08.20.2011
Operation Lone Star is all about family well-being and providing the gift of good health care to families in need. One family is working together as father and son to bring these gifts to fruition during Operation Lone Star in Laredo, Texas....
Story by Luke Elliott | Texas State Guard | 08.04.2011
Some describe it as a humanitarian mission, others call it a disaster response exercise; however, the reality is that Operation Lone Star is both....
