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AMS
Day Hiker
Posts: 319
Join date: 2011-04-08
Age: 47
Location: Mansfield TX
 |  Subject: Texas State Guard Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:19 am | |
| I've been asked to conduct a weekend survival course for the Texas State Guard, course will be in May. The Col, stated that he wanted his people to build shelters and everything....LOL
here's some info about the guard:
The Texas State Guard is one of four branches of the Texas Military Forces (TXMF), operating under the command of the Adjutant General of Texas and the Governor as Commander-in-Chief of all state military forces. The TXMF includes the Texas Army National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard and th4 Adjutant General’s Department.
The mission of the Texas State Guard (TXSG) is to provide mission-ready military forces to assist state and local authorities in times of state emergencies; to conduct homeland security and community service activities under the umbrella of Defense Support to Civil Authorities; and to augment the Texas Army National Guard and Texas Air National Guard as required.
Headquartered at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, the TXSG functions as an organized state militia under the authority of Title 32 of the U.S. Code and Chapter 431 of the Texas Government Code.
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Bear
Bush Pioneer
Posts: 650
Join date: 2011-03-14
Age: 29
Location: Austin, TX
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:33 am | |
| Congrats Brother. You should get a list of the gear they are issued so you can figure out what and how you would build a shelter with what they have on them.
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I have heard that those who celebrate life
walk safely amongst the wild animals.
When they go into battle, they remain unharmed,
the animals find no place to attack them
and weapons are unable to harm them.
Why? Because they find no place for death in them.
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AMS
Day Hiker
Posts: 319
Join date: 2011-04-08
Age: 47
Location: Mansfield TX
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:38 am | |
| they do not receive any personal gear from the state, they have to buy everything.... |
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Bear
Bush Pioneer
Posts: 650
Join date: 2011-03-14
Age: 29
Location: Austin, TX
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:47 am | |
| Well that should make for an interesting class. A suggestion for the first part of the class would be on how to build a successful survival kit that would work with the gear they are required to carry in the field. Then have them improvise shelters with their gear so they have to think outside the box.
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I have heard that those who celebrate life
walk safely amongst the wild animals.
When they go into battle, they remain unharmed,
the animals find no place to attack them
and weapons are unable to harm them.
Why? Because they find no place for death in them.
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redrob
Wet Tinder
Posts: 144
Join date: 2011-08-20
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:02 am | |
| What gear would they typically have on them in a survival situation or are you trying to develop that?
Rob |
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b1gje55e
Admin
Posts: 489
Join date: 2011-03-12
Age: 27
Location: Copperas Cove, Tx
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:38 am | |
| Gratz AMS! ..."and everything." LOL. Good luck. lol. Does "everything" include preparation, survival mentality, wild edibles, etc. You got you work cut out for you it seems. I'm sure you will do a great job.
Take some pics or video if at all possible.
-BigJesse-
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AMS
Day Hiker
Posts: 319
Join date: 2011-04-08
Age: 47
Location: Mansfield TX
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:27 pm | |
| | redrob wrote: | What gear would they typically have on them in a survival situation or are you trying to develop that?
Rob |
i've asked for their gear list..... |
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AMS
Day Hiker
Posts: 319
Join date: 2011-04-08
Age: 47
Location: Mansfield TX
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:27 pm | |
| | b1gje55e wrote: | Gratz AMS! ..."and everything." LOL. Good luck. lol. Does "everything" include preparation, survival mentality, wild edibles, etc. You got you work cut out for you it seems. I'm sure you will do a great job.
Take some pics or video if at all possible.
-BigJesse- |
yep I've asked for a class room date prior to the event... |
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b1gje55e
Admin
Posts: 489
Join date: 2011-03-12
Age: 27
Location: Copperas Cove, Tx
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:02 pm | |
| Good luck again. Let us know how it goes.
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Bear
Bush Pioneer
Posts: 650
Join date: 2011-03-14
Age: 29
Location: Austin, TX
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:04 pm | |
| Yes good luck Brother. Remember if you need some help let me know.
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I have heard that those who celebrate life
walk safely amongst the wild animals.
When they go into battle, they remain unharmed,
the animals find no place to attack them
and weapons are unable to harm them.
Why? Because they find no place for death in them.
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Yahoshua
Fair Weather Camper
Posts: 4
Join date: 2012-02-18
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:00 pm | |
| Hi there.
I'm a member of the TXSG and can provide you with what my regiment (8th) has distributed for our "Go-Bags".
But I can't seem to figure our how to attach PDF files to a post.
If you'd like I can email it to you. |
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AMS
Day Hiker
Posts: 319
Join date: 2011-04-08
Age: 47
Location: Mansfield TX
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:05 pm | |
| | Yahoshua wrote: | Hi there.
I'm a member of the TXSG and can provide you with what my regiment (8th) has distributed for our "Go-Bags".
But I can't seem to figure our how to attach PDF files to a post.
If you'd like I can email it to you. |
that be awesome... michael_tutton@yahoo.com |
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Yahoshua
Fair Weather Camper
Posts: 4
Join date: 2012-02-18
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:35 pm | |
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MLarson
Fair Weather Camper
Posts: 33
Join date: 2012-02-10
Age: 30
Location: Conroe, Tx
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:37 pm | |
| I'm so glad you guys are talking about this subject. I never knew this existed. I sent a request for more info the other day. I'm definitely planning on joining up. Hopefully I will hear something soon. |
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Yahoshua
Fair Weather Camper
Posts: 4
Join date: 2012-02-18
| | Subject: Re: Texas State Guard Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:06 pm | |
| Just be patient when asking for info though. All recruiter requests go through headquarters in Austin and they sometimes put recruiting issues on the backburner while they take care of other things. So while it may seem like an informational black hole at times, you WILL get a response within a couple of weeks.
If you do decide to sign up, be prepared to wait up to 6 months before being inducted. The reason for this is that HQ gets only a small budget allotment (about 1.7 million, which is literally equal to the school lunch budget of the TXARNG), so they can only process so many background checks per month before they run out of funds. |
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