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AIRLIFT WING returned home in a C130H Hercules after completing a deployment to Kuwait. Maj Gen Thomas Suelzer, Deputy Adjutant General – Air, and other 136th Airlift Wing senior leaders met the maintainers and air crew as they returned from supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, a coalition mission to train, advise, and assist Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.

(Photo courtesy of the 136th Airlift Wing)

GROUND RECONNAISSANCE DETACHMENT trains new personnel on water survival tactics Jan. 6, 2021 in Austin, Texas. The training is part of a three-month process to prepare the service members for maximizing their support to law enforcement investigations

throughout the state. (Photo by MSG Michael Leslie)

MEMBERS OF THE 147TH ATTACK WING AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SQUADRON participated in the 1st Annual Ellington Day at the Lonestar Flight Museum. The Maintainers answered questions and talked to more than 500 attendees about the MQ-9 Reaper

and the 147th Attack Wing. (Photo courtesy of the 147th Attack Wing)

MAJ THOMAS WERNER, an instructor pilot at the 149th Fighter Wing, is proof of how Gunfighters excellence rises to the top! Werner will be joining the one and only Air Force Thunderbirds as Thunderbird 7 and serving as the team’s operations officer starting in

June 2021. (Photo courtesy of the 149th Fighter Wing)

TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS gather after delivering cots to a warming center during extreme winter weather conditions in Abilene, Texas. Service members from the Texas Army, Air and State Guards worked in support of the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Division of Emergency Management transporting personal to safety, assisting stranded motorists, clearing roadways, manning warming centers, transporting critical infrastructure personnel to work, and delivering basic commodities like water, food, blankets, and oxygen to Texans in need, February 12-20, 2021. (Photo by SSG Yvonne Ontiveros)

TSGT DESIREE NG, a 149th Medical Group Medical Technician administers a COVID-19 vaccination, at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, Texas. The 149th Medical Group is ensuring that we keep our Airmen healthy and vaccinated so that they can be ready to meet the mission needs of the Air Force.

MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD recently competed in the “Colombian Death March”, in Egypt which consisted of a 22-mile ruck march with a 55 lb. ruck, weapon, web belt with full kit and magazines. Twelve teams competed from different contingents, Texas finished 4th out of 12 and 1st of the American contingents. Pictured left to right is: SFC Brent Bouillion (NGAT Life Member), 1SG Terry Evans, CPT Steven Hankins, 1LT Salvador Tinajero. All are members of B Battery 1-133rd FA.

EVEN DURING DEPLOYMENT you still find time to celebrate special occasions. Members of the 36th ID, G-4 section recently honored LTC William “Rusty” Weedman on his 48th Birthday with a cake at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Pictured left to right is: SGM Juan Salinas, LTC William “Rusty” Weedman, SGT Edward Antoine, SGM Mark Busch, and SFC Omar Marqueses. TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN TSgt Jorjie Godina and TSgt Joshua Smith, 181st Airlift Squadron loadmasters, chat aboard a C-130H Hercules February 19, 2021, at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. Texas Army and Air National Guardsmen orchestrated the delivery of more than 20,000 cases of water, while working in tandem with multiple government agencies, first responders, county officials, and volunteers in order to deliver aid to Texans in need after Winter Storm Uri.

(Photo by MSgt Lynn Means)

SFC HERIBERTO HERNANDEZ (RIGHT) STANDS WITH SSG DOLORES BOCANEGRA (LEFT) next to the T-Patch wall they painted at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. SFC Hernandez won the design contest for Task Force Spartan earlier in the year and recently completed the project leaving a mark for the 36th Infantry Division for years to come. (Photo by SSG Daryl Bradford)

CSM JOHN F. SAMPA, the Command Sergeant Major of the Army National Guard recently received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and sent a message to all the members of the National Guard to get vaccinated. He got vaccinated for his family, health, and the military members he serves

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