Story by Sgt. 1st Class Melisa Washington | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 08.11.2025
CAMP ATTERYBURY, Ind. -- The 36th Infantry Division wrapped up a high-stakes Warfighter exercise here this month, putting its command teams and staff through a grueling, simulated campaign that tested their ability to plan, coordinate and fight as a unified force — all without firing a single live round, July 30-Aug. 10, 2025....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Christy Sherman | National Guard Bureau | 07.23.2025
KERRVILLE, Texas — With just two days’ notice, 16 firefighters and four search dogs from the Czech Republic arrived in the Texas hill country, teaming up with National Guard members to search flood-affected areas for missing individuals....
Story by Master Sgt. Jacob Lewis | 433rd Airlift Wing | 07.16.2025
More than 100 personnel from across the Total Force participated in OPERATION DUSTOFF VIGILANCE 2025, a Texas Army National Guard-led personnel recovery, survival, evasion, resistance, and escape, and medical evacuation aircrew training event held here July 16. The mission centered on UH-60 Black Hawk operations and offered realistic medevac and aircrew training for Texas Army National......
Story by Maj. Nadine Wiley De Moura | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 05.31.2024
AUSTIN, Texas – The 36th Infantry Division and Texas Military Department hosted a Division Change of Command ceremony May 31, 2024, at Camp Mabry’s Audie Murphy Regional Training Institute in Austin, Texas. The ceremony honored outgoing commanding general U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Ronald “Win” Burkett and welcomed incoming division commander, Brig. Gen. John “Brad” Bowlin. Bowlin came......
Story by Capt. Martha Nigrelle | 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (36th ID, TXARNG) | 09.23.2023
Approximately 20 Texas and Rhode Island National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 143rd Infantry Battalion (Airborne), participated in a resiliency day hosted by the battalion’s Unit Ministry Team, Sept. 23, 2023, near Peja, Kosovo. September is a month dedicated to raising suicide awareness and promoting efforts to preventing suicide across the force. The battalion’s chaplain, Chaplain......
Courtesy Story | Texas Military Department | 04.01.2023
The Texas Military Department's Best Warrior Competition took place in Bastrop, Texas, March 27-April 1, bringing together service members from the Texas Army and Air National Guards, as well as the Chilean and Czech Armed Forces, to challenge their tactical and technical abilities and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, skills, and cultures....
Story by Capt. Ruben Cervantes | 100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.01.2023
The Texas Military Department hosted its annual Best Warrior Competition March 27 – April 1, 2023, at Camp Swift, near Bastrop, TX. Planning and support for the event began almost a year earlier to ensure it went off without a hitch....
Story by Sgt. Jasmine McCarthy | Joint Task Force 136th (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade) | 04.01.2023
BASTROP, Texas - Texas Military Department’s annual Best Warrior Competition challenges competitors through a series of scored events that test their combat readiness and military knowledge–skill sets that traditional guardsmen do not always have the opportunity to improve upon at their home station....
