Video by Sgt. 1st Class Christy Sherman | National Guard Bureau | 03.22.2025
Texas Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force East, Transportation Company, Boat Platoon, patrol the Rio Grande near McAllen, Texas, as part of Operation Lone Star, March 21-22, 2025. The boat crews conduct day and night operations to help deter illegal border crossings and support state and federal law enforcement partners. These operations highlight interagency collaboration and......
Video by Master Sgt. Amber Monio | National Guard Bureau | 02.23.2025
The Texas National Guard’s brush and riverine teams, part of Operation Lone Star, conduct coordinated patrols along the Rio Grande River to detect and deter illegal crossings and criminal activity near McAllen, Texas, Feb. 23, 2025. Operation Lone Star, comprised of Texas National Guard members in a state active duty status, works with state and federal law enforcement officials, including......
Video by Master Sgt. Amber Monio | National Guard Bureau | 02.18.2025
Nearly 100 Texas National Guard members with Operation Lone Star receive training from the U.S. Border Patrol Feb. 18-20, 2025, in McAllen, Texas. Operation Lone Star, comprised of Texas Guard members in a state active duty status, works with state and federal law enforcement officials, including U.S. Border Patrol, with a mission to deter, detect, and stop illegal border crossings and to......
Video by Master Sgt. Amber Monio | National Guard Bureau | 02.18.2025
U.S. Soldiers with the Texas National Guard’s Tactical Maintenance Platoon, part of Operation Lone Star, maintain vehicles and equipment and support vehicle recovery operations, near McAllen, Texas, Feb. 22, 2025. Operation Lone Star, comprised of Texas Guard members in a state active duty status, works with state and federal law enforcement officials, including U.S. Border Patrol, with a......
Video by Pvt. Steven Day | Joint Task Force Lone Star | 03.06.2024
Warrant Officer Linn Allvord, the watercraft technician officer in charge of airboat training, teaches a class of Texas National Guardsmen how to operate an air boat safely on the Rio Grande River near Brownsville, TX, Feb 21, 2024. Sergeant Jake Jordan, the Surge Response Team 1 Sergeant in charge of reinforcing the border barriers in Task Force South, describes his team's mission to expand......
Video by Pvt. Steven Day | Joint Task Force Lone Star | 02.28.2024
Sgt. Armando De Santiago, a boat team leader describes the capabilities and purpose of the boat teams that patrol the Rio Grande River at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, TX, Jan 30, 2024. The boat teams have been a vital asset to Operation Lone Star since its beginning in 2021, and they successfully deter illegal immigration into Texas on a daily basis. The team members act as a highly mobile......
Video by Pvt. Steven Day | Joint Task Force Lone Star | 02.15.2024
1st. Lt. Hayden Starr and Staff Sgt. Travis Perry, an engineer leaders in the Surge Response Team, describes his team's mission to extend the Anti-Climb Barriers, or ACBs, on the river banks near Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, Feb 12, 2024. The ACBs have been deployed in several strategic places along the Rio Grande, and their utility has led to a dramatic decrease in illegal immigration in......
Video by Pvt. Steven Day | Joint Task Force Lone Star | 02.09.2024
Shelby Park had become ground zero for human smuggling, drug trafficking and illegal immigrant crossing into the US, posting staggering numbers of crossings late last year. The Guard took complete control of the park under the Governor’s emergency declaration in early January. The strategy to control the park was a multi-faceted approach including personnel, equipment and capabilities......
