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Army Guard and Reservists Join Forces in Houston

HOUSTON, Texas – Soldiers, families and community leaders gathered together to celebrate the opening of the Northwest Houston Armed Forces Reserve Center in Houston, Texas ...

Submitted: 3/4/2012 2:25:25 PM

36th Division headquarters returns to duty, welcomes new commander

CAMP MABRY, Texas (Jan. 21, 2011) – The 36th Infantry Division celebrated a successful deployment and welcomed a new commander during a ceremony held Saturday at Camp Mabry in Austin ...

Submitted: 3/3/2012 5:21:29 PM

Ghost in your machine?

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq – Who do you turn to when it seems as though Pazuzu has taken up residence in your laptop? The Soldiers of the G6 Help Desk, that’s who ...

Submitted: 6/1/2011 2:18:28 PM

Class is in Session

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq – The Al-Aziziyah school held a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 27 in the province of Wasit, Iraq. It was attended by the Wasit Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), Brig. Gen. Stephen Sanders, the U.S. Division - South and 36th Inf. Div. deputy commander for support, as well as local officials from the city itself, eager to show their support for the completion of the project ...

Submitted: 6/1/2011 1:49:01 PM

Maintaining Soldiers’ Health, both Body and Mind

BASRAH, Iraq – The list is daunting. It includes some very sensitive and private subjects: suicide, marital distress, the emotional turmoil that comes with taking another’s life – or seeing the life of a fellow Soldier violently taken away ...

Submitted: 6/1/2011 1:33:32 PM

Wounded Warriors return to Iraq

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq– Denied the opportunity to go home on their own terms, eight service members wounded in Iraq during previous deployments returned to seek closure and see first-hand the results of their sacrifice during Operation Proper Exit on April 26 ...

Submitted: 5/13/2011 12:44:01 PM

Operation Lions Leap springs success - Iraqi military is mission capable

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq – U.S. and Iraqi Security Forces gathered at Khor Al Zubair, Iraq, April 28, to witness one of the largest joint-military exercises in ISF history. Operation Lions Leap, which combined Iraqi Army, Navy, Air Force and Special Operations assets, showed military leaders the progress the ISF has made over the past several years.

Submitted: 5/13/2011 10:57:15 AM

A Triumph of Hope

BASRAH, Iraq – Life was good for Harold B. Bender. He had it all; a nice house, nice car, a wonderful wife and three kids, and what he considered his dream job – the youth, singles and recreation minister at a church in Colorado Springs, Colorado ...

Submitted: 5/13/2011 10:40:03 AM

36th ID Band Soldiers Receive Honors

BASRAH, Iraq – Two 36th Infantry Division Band Soldiers were recently chosen to receive prestigious awards from the military School of Music, the military occupational skill school for band members of all branches of service ...

Submitted: 5/11/2011 10:42:43 AM

Surfing the Road and the Concrete Waves

BASRAH, Iraq – “We old guys have to have great style, because we really don’t have anything else anymore. I used to be young; then one day I woke up, had no idea who the guy in the mirror was, couldn’t find my hair and my knees were shot. So you got to have style.” ...

Submitted: 5/11/2011 10:22:37 AM

Congressional delegation visits U.S. Div.-South in Basrah

BASRAH, Iraq – Four members of the U.S. House of Representatives visited Contingency Operating Base Basrah yesterday, in the first Congressional visit to the southern Iraqi province since 2008 ...

Submitted: 3/24/2011 2:17:44 PM

From the Beginning to the End

BASRA, Iraq – His ice-blue eyes grew slightly unfocused as his mind took him on a journey back through time. The year was 2003 and Operation Iraqi Freedom had just begun; it would be the first of three deployments to Iraq for Sergeant 1st Class John Wayne Savage.

Submitted: 1/26/2011 8:05:07 PM

Jett, Pickler rock out with USD-S Soldiers

BASRA, Iraq – To some, packing your bags, putting your life on hold and boarding a plane bound for Iraq may seem like something only a service member would do ...

Submitted: 1/26/2011 8:00:56 PM

US, UK, Iraq Partnership Bring Education Home

BASRA, Iraq – Bringing the power of knowledge to children is a worthy task, no matter what the odds. Although, it’s one thing to transport children across miles of desert to attend school; it’s another to bring the school to them ...

Submitted: 1/26/2011 7:55:21 PM

The “Lone Star” Soldiers of the 36th Inf. Div.

BASRA, Iraq – After World War II, the National Guard was authorized to create two armored divisions: the 49th and 50th. While the 50th Armored Div. stood up in New Jersey and the 49th in Texas, both served as strategic reserves for the Army during the Cold War. In the ‘60s, the 49th Div. was called up in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis but never left American soil. It seemed the 49th was destined never to face an enemy combatant on foreign ground ...

Submitted: 1/26/2011 7:51:03 PM

A New Year, A New Division

BASRA, Iraq – For Soldiers of U.S. Division-South, starting the New Year meant more than just giving up old habits and starting anew. It marked the ending of a great chapter in their history books and the beginning of a new one ...

Submitted: 1/26/2011 7:45:48 PM

Arrowhead Band goes from big tunes to big booms

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON -- Amid a drizzling Washington morning, a talented group of musicians eagerly exit a van onto a range in a far corner of JBLM. This group is unlike the everyday musician that you would find across the country, they are comprised of Soldiers from the 36th Infantry Division Band and they are here to do more than just toot a horn ...

Submitted: 12/6/2010 8:13:12 PM

Command Sergeant’s Major joins Arrowhead Soldiers for Live Fire Exercise

YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. – Three of the highest-ranking enlisted personnel from the Texas Army National Guard traveled over a snow covered mountains and lush green forest to the opposite side of Mount Rainier, where they touchdown at Yakima Training Center.

Submitted: 12/6/2010 8:09:07 PM

ADA Soldier receives MSM

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – A mortar has been fired toward a US-Coalition base. An alarm sounds in a normally quiet office. Soldiers rush to the controls and check the air space to make sure that no aircraft are in the immediate area. Once that task has been accomplished, air defense measures are implemented ...

Submitted: 12/6/2010 8:02:26 PM

Communicating through Waves of Radiation

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – The transition from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn will provide a unique communications challenge as operating bases across Iraq close up shop, dismantle in-place systems and head for home ...

Submitted: 12/6/2010 7:57:13 PM

A shining example for all her peers

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Some Soldiers stand above their peers and set the standard for others to follow. Spc. Roxanna A. Lewis, the administrative clerk for Company B, 36th Division Special Troops Battalion, is one such Soldier ...

Submitted: 12/6/2010 3:27:09 PM

Family Day Picnic

36th Infantry Division Public Affairs AUSTIN, TEXAS – Soldiers join their family and friends at the 36th Infantry Division Family Day Picnic at Beverly S. Sheffield Northwest District Park for an afternoon packed with good food and even better conversation ...

Submitted: 8/5/2010 8:18:45 PM

Stand up, buckle up and shuffle to the door

He began his career as a Ranger in 1983 by jumping into a tree. Twenty-seven years later, Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Paul D. Callaway ended that career by again jumping into the tree line ...

Submitted: 8/4/2010 7:51:26 AM

Texas Guardsmen Pay Respects in Italy

MONTE CASSINO, Italy--Texas National Guardsmen joined visitors from across the world, here, to honor World War II veterans of the 36th Infantry Division and the allied forces in a wreath laying ceremony ...

Submitted: 7/10/2010 9:35:48 PM

136 MP BN Returns From Detention OPS in Afghanistan

TYLER, TX- “I am surrounded by people who heard our nation’s call and responded when the country needed them,” said Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX), during a welcome home ceremony here at the Trinity Mother Francis Rose Stadium. “God bless you and God Bless America. Thank you!” ...

Submitted: 5/5/2010 1:34:23 PM

Task Force Deguello Completes Combat Operations

Task Force Deguello service members have completed combat operations in Afghanistan, ridding the country of more than 500 enemy combatants, dozens of weapon caches, and large amounts of munitions

Submitted: 4/12/2010 3:12:29 PM

Rouse High School Receives Flag, Certificate From Iraq

Late last year, DeAnna Rogers, the daughter of Chaplain (COL) Steven Vaughn, 36th Sustainment Brigade, asked her deployed father if he needed anything. “He said he had plenty but many of the local children in Talil could use some shoes, toys, school supplies, etcetera,” Rogers explained ...

Submitted: 4/12/2010 2:59:47 PM

WWII heroes of 36th ID honored in Italy

SAN PIETRO INFINE, Italy – Every December, thousands of miles away from the Texas home base of the 36th Infantry Division, the Italian community of San Pietro Infine honors the incredibly brave “T-Patchers” who fought to the death to save them from the onslaught of German forces ...

Submitted: 1/19/2010 12:10:42 PM

New Boston Soldier acknowledged for his firefighter duties

NEW BOSTON, Texas – Every quite and unassuming hero deserves to have their day of accolades– even when they dread it more than the dangerous situations they often face as first responders. One such hero is Texas Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Michael McNutt ...

Submitted: 12/8/2009 10:39:49 AM

Managing information from the ground upward and beyond

WEST CAIRO AIR BASE, Egypt – Immense quantities of data were literally at Soldiers’ feet when considering the vast arrangement of cables hidden under the floor in their temporary tent complex during the latest iteration of Operation Bright Star. In fact, more than three miles of cable were placed beneath hundreds of interlocking floor panels to ensure everyone could keep pace with the war-gaming training exercise ...

Submitted: 12/8/2009 9:58:34 AM

36th Inf. Div. builds relationships with foreign forces

WEST CAIRO AIR BASE, Egypt – It was a three-week experience on the North African continent that few Arrowhead Soldiers will ever forget. It was their first sighting of the Nile River, the Sphinx and the pyramids that didn’t involve turning pages in a travel magazine or watching the History or Discovery channels ...

Submitted: 11/18/2009 12:24:51 PM

36th Infantry Division trains with British Army counterparts

SALISBURY PLAIN, England – Texas Army National Guard Soldiers of the 36th Infantry Division surprisingly found themselves within a few miles from England’s world-famous Stonehenge while training overseas. They could see the mysterious stones as they traveled across the rolling hills of the plateau to various British Army military sites for their training ...

Submitted: 11/18/2009 7:44:54 AM

Deployed 136MEB Soldiers Receive Phone Card Donation

Phoning home from across the world can seriously lighten the pocketbook of Soldiers overseas; however, for Soldiers of the 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), 36th Infantry Division, calling home just became a little less expensive. Recently, at the 51st street Armory, here, the Lonestar Chapter 28 of the National Classification Management Society (NCMS), donated phone cards to the more than 900 MEB soldiers currently deployed overseas conducting combat and sustainment operations in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

Submitted: 9/23/2009 10:14:09 AM

MPs execute numerous “arrests” at Camp Mabry

CAMP MABRY, Texas – Recently there were numerous arrests on post for driving while intoxicated, reckless speeding, disorderly conduct, assault and battery and even domestic violence. The handcuffs were very real, but fortunately for the troubled Soldiers involved, the arrests were merely role play for Phase I Military Police (MP) students attending the 136th Regiment (Combat Arms) Texas Regional Training Institute (TX-RTI) during August.

Submitted: 9/18/2009 8:01:11 AM

LOOK TO THE SKY! 36 ID Stands up Airborne Infantry Battalion

The rumors are true. The Texas Army National Guard is standing up an Airborne Infantry Battalion. The 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) officially entered carrier status on September 1, 2009. The 143d Infantry Regiment last saw airborne service as G Co 143d Infantry (Long Range Surveillance) in 2001, and now the proud lineage of this regiment will be re-activated as the only Airborne Infantry Battalion in the Army National Guard ...

Submitted: 9/16/2009 5:31:55 PM

Touch down in Texas

Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas (8 Aug 2009) – Bone-tired, bleary-eyed but jubilant to be one step closer to home, Texas Army National Guard Soldiers deplaned in El Paso Saturday after a year-long deployment in Iraq ...

Submitted: 9/1/2009 8:00:01 PM

36th Infantry Division Reach out to the community

AUSTIN, TEXAS- Soldiers of the 36 Infantry Division Special Troops Battalion took some time recently to pay tribute and celebrate with military veterans, here, at the 5th Annual Military Appreciation barbecue at the Parson House Assisted Living Retirement home

Submitted: 8/18/2009 12:23:34 PM

Texas Soldiers compete for the ultimate “tap out”

CAMP MABRY, Texas – Soldiers wearing flip-flops and inside-out uniforms stripped of their Velcro name tapes, ranks and patches gathered for the 2009 Texas Army National Guard Combatives Tournament at Camp Mabry

Submitted: 8/17/2009 12:12:42 PM

Head em’ up…move em out!

Fort Hood, Texas – When the 36th Sustainment Brigade had to determine a motto, it only seemed natural to use “Head em’ up…move em out!”

Submitted: 8/16/2009 11:43:44 AM

36th Infantry Division Remember The Fallen 65 Years Later

CASSINO, ITALY- In December, 1944 the 1-141 and 1-143 regiments of the 36th Infantry Division began a journey that would never be forgotten. It was cold and frigid that night and 200 yards of flooding river, that once flowed peacefully, was covered in sheets of ice. The Germans occupied the majority of the North side of Liri Valley, and were poised to attack with heavy artillery forces ...

Submitted: 6/1/2009 4:19:33 PM

Change of Command in 36th Infantry Division

AUSTIN, Texas— Major General Eddy M. Spurgin became the 36 Infantry Division’s newest commander on March 27, at the Renaissance Austin hotel. General Spurgin assumed command from Major General Jose S. Mayorga who vacated the post to serve as the Adjutant General of Texas ...

Submitted: 4/18/2009 3:27:08 PM

36 Infantry Division Soldier Awarded The Soldier’s Medal

AUSTIN, TX— When asked about why they put their life in harms way, it is not uncommon for a Soldier to simply shrug and admit that it is part of their job. And though this is an oversimplification of the personal courage and selfless service from one displaying such attributes, technically, the self sacrifice of a properly trained Soldier should be expected. For Staff Sergeant Michael McNutt self sacrifice is more than a duty, it is a way of life ...

Submitted: 3/7/2009 2:51:56 PM

Raising the Bar, 36ID Band Gains Elite Status

AUSTIN, Texas--With all military units comes a great degree of ceremony and fuss. Soldiers are judged by the crispness of their uniforms, how they snap to attention, their preened scalps and their ability to sound-off in unison. Yet, for all the pomp and circumstance that goes into a typical military event, the ultimate test of a Soldier is his or her ability to perform their job under pressure

Submitted: 3/6/2009 1:36:02 PM

3rd Infantry Battalion Soldiers re-enlist on Alamo Anniversary

CAMP SWIFT, TEXAS - Thirteen Army National Guard soldiers participated in a re-enlistment ceremony here March 6. The soldiers, part of 3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry (72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team), participated in the event, marking both the conclusion of their unit’s annual training, and the anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo ...

Submitted: 3/6/2009 11:31:26 AM

Soldier in Focus - CW3 Marshall

CAMP VICTORY, Iraq-Today's Soldier in focus is Chief Warrant Officer 3 Terri Marshall. She is a human resources and personnel warrant officer and serves with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad ...

Submitted: 2/9/2009 1:12:56 PM

FBI, APD and CST respond to Camp Mabry

Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas (17 Dec, 2008) - Add Camp Mabry to the growing list of embassies, military installations and a myriad of other agencies receiving suspicious packages through the U.S. Mail on Wednesday ...

Submitted: 1/19/2009 8:24:10 PM

Italians Honor WWII 36th Infantry Soldiers

SAN PIETRO INFINE, Italy – The highly revered 36th Infantry Division (ID) was the first American combat division to land on the continent of Europe. History has shown that the brave men filling its ranks made an impression on those they encountered during battle. Their unwavering dedication to free those oppressed by the Nazi Germans also impressed the world ...

Submitted: 1/1/2009 11:07:36 AM

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