via KUT.org

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is ordering the Texas State Guard to monitor a two-month long U.S. military exercise scheduled to be held in Bastrop County this summer.
“I think historically, it’s much more common for governments to be tyrannical and infringe on other’s rights,” DuCloux said. “So when you see a large military build-up like this, I think it’s our duty as citizens to question what’s going on and to find answers. I mean, if we don’t, then who will?”

Governor Abbott, apparently sensitive to those concerns, instructed the Commander of the Texas State Guard, Major General Gerald “Jake” Betty, to monitor and update the Governor’s office.

This is something I don’t think America has seen for quite sometime. A state military authority monitoring national military authorities. Fascinating and also scary. The Texas State Guard is made up of the following units:

HQ Army Component, Camp Mabry, Austin,TX

1st Regiment (Alamo Guards) San Antonio, Corpus Christi, l, Zapata.
2nd Regiment (Travis Rifles) Gatesville, Taylor, San Marcos, Austin.
4th Regiment (Panther City Fencibles) Fort Worth, Arlington, Decatur, Wichita Falls, Mineral Wells.
8th Regiment (Terry’s Texas Rangers) Houston, Bryan, Huntsville, Beaumont, Port Arthur.

19th Regiment (Parson’s Brigade) Dallas, Grand Prairie, Wylie, Kilgore, New Boston.
39th Composite Regiment (Roughnecks) Midland, Lubbock, Amarillo, El Paso.

HQ Air Component Command, Camp Mabry, Austin,TX

HQ 4th Air Wing, Dallas,TX

417th Air Support Group, San Angelo, TX
454th Air Support Group, Dallas, TX
436th Air Support Group, Grand Prairie, TX
482d Air Support Group, Wichita Falls, TX
HQ 5th Air Wing, Camp Mabry, Austin, TX

401st Air Support Group, Camp Mabry, Austin, TX
447th Air Support Group, Ellington Field, Houston, TX
449th Air Support Group, Lackland AFB, San Antonio,TX

Maritime Regiment (TMAR), Regimental Headquarters, Austin, TX
Maritime Regiment (TMAR), 1st Battalion, East Texas
Maritime Regiment (TMAR), 2nd Battalion, San Antonio, Austin.
Maritime Regiment (TMAR), 3rd Battalion, Dallas, Ft Worth
Maritime Regiment (TMAR), Combined Engineering Command, Statewide
Maritime Regiment (TMAR), Regimental Band, Austin, TX

Pretty cool. One of the few states with their own army. Things heating up over Jade Helm. Stay tuned..