Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk flies over the Palo Pinto Wildfire in North Texas. The crews were launched out of the Austin Army Aviation Support Facility to help fight the fires. The aircraft are equipp More
Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks respond to help fight the wildfires in North Texas. The helicopters we launched out of the Austin Army Aviation Support Facility. The aircraft are equipped with a Bambi Bu More
Two Texas National Guard CH-46 Black Hawks fly over a blaze in Bastrop, Texas, and dump their water filled Bambi Buckets. Responding to wildfires is just one of the many natural disasters 36 ID soldiers may hav More
Sgt. Candice Perez, 712 MP Company Task Force Raptor (3-124), inches her way forward during mat drills at Camp Swift.
Master Sgt. Juan Benevidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124), searches Sfc. Federico Lopez for contraband. The Task Force conducts enemy prisoner of war training as part of their premobilization training at Camp Swift.
Master Sgt. Juan Benavidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124), escorts Sfc. Federico Lopez after searching him for contraband. The task force conducts enemy prisoner of war training as part of their premobilization tra More
Staff Sgt. Joshua Lancaster, instructor at the Combat Support Training and Evaluation Battalion at Camp Swift, points out terrain features to soldiers from Task Force Raptor (3-124). The Task Force hones its na More
Sgt. Wingo, 712 MP Company Task Force Raptor, draws out a sand table on the ground explaining to fellow soldiers the plan of attack. Task force soldiers conduct mounted and dismounted drills as part of their pr More
Jessica Lee from the Socio-Cultural Research and Advisory Team with Africa Command, gives Texas National Guardsmen a class on culture. The soldiers with Task Force Raptor will be deploying early next year to th More
On Sept. 6, 2011, a Texas National Guard helicopter crew prepares to install the Bambi Bucket on a CH-47 Chinook about to respond to the Bastrop County Complex fire in Bastrop, Texas. The bucket attached to the More
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew chief looks out toward the blaze. Texas National Guard crews launched out of the Austin Army Aviation Facility to fight wild fires threatening homes and property near Bastrop, Te More
Spc. Don Comstock, with the 111th Engineer Battalion, TXARNG, leads a bulldozer through a fire break. The Texas National Guardsmen have been fighting the Texas wildfires for over 10 days, Bastrop, Texas, Sept. 7, 2011.
Sgt. Greg Kerr looks for the target Spc. Archie Speights points out. The Texas National Guardsmen from the Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor, qualify with their 240 machine gun during Pre-Mobilization Training at More
Sgt. James Lorance from Charlie Company, Task Force Raptor, pulls his way across training mats using only his hands. Soldiers from the Task Force practice their Army Combatives Skills at Pre-Mobilization Traini More
Spc. Jim Harris, Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124), pulls security as his platoon stops to check for possible improvised explosive devices. The Texas National Guardsmen from the Task Force have been brushi More
Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, checks the knots on Staff Sgt. Joe Shultz' rappel harness. The soldiers from the Site Security Team, Task Force Raptor, are tightening up on their rappelling skills in preparat More
Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, checks the knots on Staff Sgt. Joe Shultz' Swiss Seat. The Texas National Guardsmen from the Site Security Team, Charlie Troop, 3-124 CAV, out of Terrell, Texas, are tightening More
Texas National Guardsmen from Task Force Raptor (3-124 CAV) up early getting their gun trucks ready for the ranges. The soldiers are qualifying on the gun truck gunnery range in preparation for their deployment More
Spc. Aaron Cline, A Troop, Task Force Raptor, conducts overwatch duties from a watchtower at Base Defense Training. Texas National Guardsmen are at Pre-Mob training preparing for their deployment to the Horn of More
Spc. Jarrod Christmas from the 702nd Military Police Company, Task Force Raptor (3-124 CAV), checks for IDs as his fellow soldiers stand guard. The Texas National Guardsmen are conducting flight line security o More
Spc. Corey Munsinger from the Site Security Team, Charlie Troop, Task Force Raptor, signals his fellow team members to move forward as they conduct sensitive item recovery. The soldiers are preparing for their More
Pfc. Angel Ramirez from Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124 CAV), conducts base security during a command post exercise at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Jan. 25, 2012. The soldiers from the task force are being evalu More
Rwandan Defense Forces soldiers conduct rifle drills during a field training portion of a month-long Peace Support Operations Soldier Skills Training course held at the Rwandan military base here Feb. 2. The R More
The Texas National Guardsmen are currently deployed to the Horn of Africa in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
Djiboutian army officers 1st Lt. Mohamed Mohamoud Assoweh (center) and 1st Lt. Mohamed Daher Sougueh (right) meet with U.S. Army Capt. Christopher Sedtal, Task Force Raptor, U.S. Army 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalr More
U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Louis Morton, Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, shares his experience and best practices as a non-commissioned officer with a fellow Tanzania More
U.S. Army Spc. Tatiana Valencia (right) and Spc. San Juanita Garcia (back), Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, and Spc. Sabrina Hinterman (front), U.S. Army 490t More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Vern Baker (left), Task Force Raptor, U.S. Army 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, with the assistance of Sgt. Jeff Vasquez, demonstrate a personnel search at More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Joshua Kane (left) and Staff Sgt. David Gilbert, Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment members, battle it out during clinch drills at a Modern Army Combatives Level One Instr More
A Mozambique soldier uses a vehicle lift to raise a truck that he and U.S. soldiers from Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, worked on during a vehicle mechanic s More
U.S. Army Capt. Jeffrey Ortiz and Sgt. 1st Class Juan Zamora, Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard and a Rwandan soldier take time to take a picture together at a c More
A Burundi National Defense soldier and U.S. Army Spc. Anderson Leahy, Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, demonstrate buddy carries during a combat lifesaver cour More
Burundi national defense forces army instructor (far right), with the help of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Easdon, Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, instructs More
Ugandan People's Defense Forces medical providers and U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Guillermo Navarro (right), emergency physician, Expeditionary Medical Facility, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, get back to basics and practic More
Uganda Peoples Defense Force soldiers demonstrate elements of a deliberate attack drill for U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Curtis Stille, Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National G More
U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Morgan (right), Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, and Tanzanian military medical professionals exchange combat casualty care techniques, M More
Burundi soldiers conduct mounted drills at a mechanized infantry seminar hosted by the Burundi National Defense Forces May 28 - June 8. U.S. soldiers from Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment More
Rwanda Defense Force soldiers and policemen practice their combat casualty care skills at a combat lifesaver course held June 11-15. The RDF invited U.S. Army medics from Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th More
Color Guard soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, stand ready to post the colors at the 2013 International Bridge Ceremony in Laredo, Texas, Feb. 23, 2013. The ceremon More
Sgt. Jarryd Crowell, Louisiana Army National Guard, gets his bearings before he begins the land navigation portion of the NGB Region V Best Warrior Competition held at Camp Swift, Texas, May 7 to 9, 2013. Soldi More
Christopher Wojtewicz performs a "thruster" during the "Hope for Cures" workout of the day. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Malcolm McClendon)
National Guard Bureau Senior Enlisted Leader, Command Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell Brush addresses Texas National Guardsmen at a Town Hall meeting held at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, Feb. 9, 2014. Brush discusse More
Chilean Armed Forces and Texas National Guard leaders at the Annual State Partnership Program Planning Meeting (ASPPPM) held in Santiago, Chile, March 26, 2014. ASPPPM allows leaders from both organizations to More
Mayor of Seagoville Sidney M. Sexton Jr. addresses Texas National Guardsmen from Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124 CAV), at their casing ceremony. The soldiers deploy to the Horn of Africa early this year.
Capt. Chris Sedtal battles Capt. Douglas Yates, HHT Company Task Force Raptor (3-124), during Army Combatives Training at Camp Swift.
Master Sgt. Juan Benevidez, Task Force Raptor (3-124) , searches Sfc. Federico Lopez for contraband. The Task Force conducts enemy prisoner of war training as part of their premobilization training at Camp Swift.
Soldiers from Task Force Raptor (3-124) are given a class on how to handle enemy prisoners of war. The task force learns EPW training as part of their premobilization training at Camp Swift.
Spc. Joshua Lewis and Staff Sgt. Matthew Young with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop Task Force Raptor (3-124) out of Wylie, Texas, plot out their grid points. The Soldiers from the Task Force sharpen their More
Soldiers from the 712 Military Police Company, Task Force Raptor, provide security for the platoon leader as he approaches the village elder's house in a training exercise. Task force soldiers conduct mounted a More
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew roll out the Bambi Bucket to install it on the aircraft. Texas National Guard crews launched out of the Austin Army Aviation Facility to fight wild fires threatening homes and pr More
On Sept. 7, 2011, Spc. Brady Burton with the 111th Engineer Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, clears trees and brush to create a firebreak in response to the Bastrop County Complex fire in Bastrop, Texas. T More
Bulldozers with the 111th Engineer Battalion, TXARNG, clear trees and brush to create a firebreak. These firebreaks help keep the fire from potentially damaging homes and property, like the one scene in the bac More
Spc. Archie Speights helps Sgt. Greg Kerr load his weapon. The Texas National Guardsmen from the Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor, qualify with their 240 machine gun during Pre-Mobilization Training at Camp Swift; Texas.
Spc. Joseph Perez from Charlie Company, Task Force Raptor, helps his fellow soldier make it to finish point. Soldiers from the Task Force practice their Army Combatives Skills at Pre-Mobilization Training held More
Sgt. Joseph Carter, Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124), pulls security as his platoon stops to check for possible IEDs. The Texas National Guardsmen from the Task Force have been brushing up on their soldie More
Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, makes sure Sgt. Jeff Ausborn gear is ready to go. The soldiers from the Site Security Team, Task Force Raptor, are tightening up on their rappelling skills in preparation for t More
Spc. James Cutbirth, along with his fellow Texas National Guardsmen, takes aim. The soldiers from the Site Security Team, Charlie Troop, 3-124 Cavalry out of Terrell, Texas, are practicing their marksmanship sk More
Texas National Guardsmen from Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor, brave the cold weather to conduct overwatch duties from a watchtower at Base Defense Training. Texas National Guardsmen are at Pre-Mob training prep More
Spc. Jarrod Christmas and Emma Curry, from the 702nd Military Police Company, Task Force Raptor (3-124 CAV), stand guard. The Texas National Guardsmen are conducting flight line security operations in preparati More
Spc. Jordan Dunham from the Site Security Team, Charlie Troop, Task Force Raptor, provides security during a training scenario. The soldiers are preparing for their deployment early this year.
Spc. San Juanita Garcia from Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124 CAV), conducts radio checks during a command post exercise at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Jan. 25,2012. The soldiers from the task force are being ev More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tommy Hooker, Task Force Raptor, U.S. Army 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, and Command Sgt. Maj. Dwight D. Sparks uncase the squadron colors at a transfer of More
Djiboutian army Capt. Said Waberie Harour (seated) shares his experiences with U.S. Army Maj. Patricia Hull (center), Task Force Raptor, U.S. Army 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Vern Baker (right), Task Force Raptor, U.S. Army 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, watches as Djiboutian army soldiers demonstrate how they conduct personnel More
U.S. Army Sgt. Candice Perez (left), Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment member, goes in for the "clinch" during clinch drills at Modern Army Combatives Level One Instructor Course. The Texa More
A Mozambique soldier demonstrates using a pressure washer for U.S. Army Sgt. Samuel Espinoza (right) and Spc. Duston Sorrells, Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, More
U.S. Army Sgt. Enrique Icedo (right) and Spc. James Andrew, Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, exchange best practices with Uganda Air Force airmen on the RAVEN More
Burundi National Defense soldiers and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Vicente Bautista (right), Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, share medical skills during a combat lifesav More
Girls from the St. Augustine Orphanage and U.S. Army Spc. San Juanita Garcia (back), Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, crack Easter confetti eggs called "cascarrones."
Burundi national defense forces army soldiers practice room-clearing techniques here, April 16. The Burundi soldiers invited Texas National guardsmen from Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regimen More
Tanzanian soldiers attend a company grade and noncommissioned officer development course hosted by the Tanzania People's Defense Force, May 2-18. U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th C More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Miles Bizzell (left), Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, and Tanzanian military medical professionals exchange combat casualty care techniqu More
Uganda Peoples Defense Force soldiers conduct military operations in urban terrain drills. The UPDF invited the U.S. soldiers from Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Gu More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Zachary Patterson (center), Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, along with Burundi National Defense Forces mentors share reflexi More
U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Paul Yarnell (left), Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, and a Comoran Defense Force soldier NCO, exchange best practices at a non-commissioned More
Sgt. Jarryd Crowell, Louisiana Army National Guard, fires selectively at the rules of engagement portion of the NGB Region V Best Warrior Competition held at Camp Swift, Texas, May 7 to 9, 2013. Soldiers from A More
Capt. Aimee Tibbetts participates in the "Hope for Cures" workout of the day. Tibbetts is eight months pregnant and says CrossFit workouts have kept her healthy during her pregnancy. (U.S. Army National Guard p More
National Guard Bureau senior enlisted leader Command Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell Brush addresses Texas National Guardsmen at a town hall meeting held at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, Feb. 9, 2014. Brush discussed More
Chilean Army Maj. Gen. Felipe Arancibia Clavel, left, commander of the Austral Joint Command, Chilean Armed Forces, meets with Maj. Gen. William Len Smith, right, Deputy Adjutant General and the Commander of th More
Texas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew members, Sgt. Kevin McLaughlin and Sgt. Curtis Bailey, stow their gear after a day of fighting wildfires. The crews launched out of the Austin Army Aviation Support Fa More
Spc. Michael Ketter from Task Force Raptor (3-124) searches Capt. Bradley Grimm for contraband. The task force conducts enemy prisoner of war training as part of their premobilization training at Camp Swift.
Sgt. Edith Banda with the 712th Military Police Company Task Force Raptor (3-124), out of Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, plots out her grid points. The soldiers from the Task Force sharpen their navigational More
Soldiers from 712 Military Police Company, Task Force Raptor, provide security for the platoon leader as he approaches the village elder's house in a training exercise. Task force soldiers conduct mounted and d More
Chaplain Anderson, asks a question during Socio-Cultural Research and Advisory Team training. The soldiers with Task Force Raptor will be deploying early next year to the Horn of Africa and are proactively lear More
Spc. Brady Burton, with the 111th Engineer Battalion, TXARNG, clears trees and brush to create a firebreak. These firebreaks help keep the fire from potentially damaging homes and property. The Texas National G More
Pfc. Jesus Estrada and Pfc. Emerson Vindel from Charlie Company, Task Force Raptor, grapple on the floor. Soldiers from the Task Force practice their Army Combatives Skills at Pre-Mobilization Training held at More
Sgt. Greg Kerr locks and loads his weapon as Spc. Archie Speights points out the target. The Texas National Guardsmen from the Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor, qualify with their 240 machine gun during Pre-Mobil More
Spc. Aaron Holden, Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124), pulls security as his platoon stops to check for possible IEDs. The Texas National Guardsmen from the Task Force have been brushing up on their soldier More
Rappel Master, Staff Sgt. Barker, demonstrates rappelling techniques to the soldiers of the Site Security Team, Task Force Raptor. The Texas National Guardsmen are tightening up on their rappelling skills in pr More
Margaret Smith, constituent liaison for Congressman Jeb Hensarling, presents the soldiers from Alpha Troop, Task Force Raptor (3-124 CAV), with an award at their casing ceremony. The Texas National Guardsmen de More