The 2019 Hurricane season is quickly approaching and the Texas Military Department is ready to assist with any type of emergency response. On May 3, 2019, the agency hosted its annual interagency Hurricane Rehearsal of Concept drill at the Austin Army Aviation Support Facility.
This yearly meeting brings representatives from close to a dozen agencies, including the Texas Department of Emergency Management, Texas Task Force 1, Texas Department of Public Safety together with the Texas Army and Air National Guards and that of the Texas State Guard. The goal of the ROC drill is to provide a detailed walkthrough of the interagency plan set forth by the Texas Military Department should a hurricane hit Texas.
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05.17.2019 | AUSTIN, TX, US |
Story by Brandon Jones
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Two students from the very first iteration of PTN recently joined their fellow classmates in an F-16 graduation ceremony.
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Pilot Training Next or PTN is a program that takes technologies like virtual reality and artificial intelligence and integrates them into an accelerated training environment in the hopes of optimizing future pilot production.
Interview 1: 1st Lt Calvin Boerwinkle, F-16 pilot graduate
“I’ve gotten to do things in a T-6 that no one has gotten to do before up unto this point, at a pace through pilot training no one has ever been before using technologies that the Air Force has given us that no one has ever tried before, and, in some way,...
Brig. Gen. Greg Chaney and the Texas Military Department Command Group discussing TMD's assets integration into a statewide plan at the Hurricane ROC Drill at Austin Army Aviation Support Facility.
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa— The Texas Army National Guard’s 36th Infantry Division completed a large-scale command training exercise on June 12, 2019.
The division’s command staff, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, as well as units from five other states, Army Reserve and active U.S. Army completed Warfighter 19-5, a scenario-based exercise designed to test battlefield decision-making and communication.
The National Guard's State Partnership Program is in its third decade of forging enduring relationships that enhance influence and promote access with allies across the globe.
