The officers were commissioned at a graduation ceremony held at Camp Mabry at 2 p.m. They recently completed their months-long training and coursework in the state guard’s Officer Candidate School.

Texas is one of about 20 states that have a state guard, which operates humanitarian and disaster-relief missions. In July, TXSG members deployed to the Rio GrandAfA Valley in preparation for ...

"Our governor has seen fit to put a large part of our homeland security effort into the hands of the Texas state guard," Donaldson said. Because of that, State Guardsman from across Texas were in ...

The size of the State Guard will increase this weekend as another class completes basic training. The authorized size of the State Guard was expanded from up to 400 members to 1,500 members last ...