Thinking about moving to the Lone Star State in a year or two, and was thinking about maybe joining the TXSG after I get there.

Anyways I noticed on the 1800nametapes site that they have OCP name tapes and related etc for TXSG uniforms. Is the new OCP ACU worn by the TXSG? All the pictures I've seen on google show troops wearing the old ACU's.

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Have a few friends in the Guard and they are wearing digital ACUs.

That's all I was wondering, because I've got about 2 dozen sets of ACU's in my garage lol.

I'm betting you can wear the OCP for the TXSG. Most probably don't wear it because you are required to supply your own uniforms.

Pretty sure it will be ACU only.

ACUs only for the foreseeable future.  Probably won't happen until after the NG is completely changed over.

Nooo, UCP/grandma's couch camo is cancer. Unless you're in a gravel pit or on a floral sofa you stick out like a sore thumb. They need to let you guys use OCP.

Wear date for Big Army, Reserve and NG is 01Oct2019, which is around the time I might get there.

Incorrect

The TXSG has a uniform code that must be adhered to. Same goes for gear

Army component- ACUPAT/UCP (digital)
Maritime (TMAR) - MCCUU (MARPAT DDU)
Air Wing - ABU (digital tiger stripe)

Federal and NG wear out dates have nothing to do with TXSG standards.

OP, youll need to contact a recruiter. They should supply you with all of the information you need. Where are you looking to move in TX?

What exactly do they do? I'm under the impression they are an unarmed volunteer SAR type org. 

Exactly that, providing support to local authority.

Right on. 

SAR
Mass evac embarkation/demarkation
Shelter operation
Points of distribution (provides residents with MREs, ice, water in a disaster area)

There are a few year long "duty station" slots working with DPS/BP in conjunction with Operation Border Star
Medical Brigade conducts Operation Lone Star yearly in the RGV
TXSG members were stationed alongside TARNG, DPS, BP during Operation Strong Safety
Crowd control- assisting LEAs with various disaster and public events

They are also no longer "unarmed" per-se with changes made to TXCHL and Texas Military Department changes made in 2016.
While they are not issued weapons (rifles or sidearms), personally owned handguns may be carried concealed so long as that person has a valid TXLTC while on orders.

Yeah I had heard they can conceal carry, what I meant was long guns. 
I had heard somewhere that they were qualified on rifles but I can't remember who told me that to ask for more information. So that's not true? They can only carry handguns?

When my friend was in the TXSG, he told me that they were trained and drilled on all kinds of disaster response. They were getting a lot of training from DHS on everything from terrorist response to chemical leaks and natural disaster relief. As I understood it, they could carry a handgun in uniform if they qualified with a handgun, and they could be added to the NG under a state emergency if necessary. 

So, they aren't entirely unarmed and they aren't strictly SAR. They are an official military organization under the laws of the State of Texas. They are all volunteer and they do receive quite a bit of training, if they opt to apply to it fully. 

No rifles. No rifle training or qualification. Also no official pistol training or qualification at this time, we have in the past. Used to do qualification course annually but like a lot of thing it was stopped it two yrs ago.  If you have a LTC all members of the Tx Military Department (ARNG, ANG and TXSG may exercise that right in uniform. However you are carrying as an armed civilian,  just in uniform. There is an extensive policy on it so no carry in schools or other places there 30-06 applies. There is no 30-07 applicable as you can not carry open in uniform. They consider it a uniform standard thing. It's better than what it was and the same for all Tx Mil. Dept. personnel. Difference is ARNG or ANG sometimes get issued weapons, we don't, period. Hell most of them may get weapons but doubt they ever give them ammo, maybe half a stripper clip in their pocket. At least a concealed and loaded weapon is better than an old M16A2 or M4 with no magazine or an empty one at best. TXSG has plenty of cops, former cops, prior military and a good number of serious gun guys who all know and take the carry of a firearm seriously and overall probably have a higher skill level than some 19yr old ARNG troop who is a mechanic or water purification specialist and shoots to qualify once a year and fails half the time with their rack rifle and 37 allotted rounds (what ever # it is).

Some weapons training is done in the shadows-or it used to be. The 4th regiment in FW used to do annual pistol quals. That has not been done in 2-3 years. Not sure if the CG reined that in or what but it was quietly done away with.

Members of the TXSG do compete in the Governors 20 shooting competition in pistol, rifle, and sniper rifle categories against TANG/TARNG. Because they are personally owned my each guardsman and not issued they don't shoot in the MG matches. For those on the shooting teams, orders are cut from time to time for designated range time.

However, no- no formal arms/combat training is provided. The only thing we ever got to hump was a rubber duck through a water course (once).

The TXSG is rather keen on maintaining its "unarmed" status. To the point that much wailing and gnashing of teeth was made about posting pictures of soldiers in uniform while holding a firearm.

I'm not sure yet as to where I want to go. I work for Seventy Seven Energy in the fracs, and I know they have postings in Odessa. This is still a few years out.

I haven't talked to a recruiter yet.

How does TMAR work?

Way Way Way back in the far long ago past, we used to do shotgun qualifications at Camp Swift (outside of Bastrop)

I was with the 2nd Regiment out of Camp Mabry in Austin.

As the Head Quarters, we had "oversight" from the Head Honchos so not much opportunity for fun with guns.

However, we had a Field Expercies and needed to certify on the Shotgun for the Security Specialist Badge.

We have a bunch of crates of "vintage" 60's & 70's shotguns (Winchester 1200 & Rem 870s) that we had to certify - which meant we hauled them out there, shot them, then cleaned and put them away.

I posted the story about how these guns looked like they had been in L-O-N-G term storage since the mid to late 70s...

Some genius put GI Rifle Grease on the bolts...  Whick lock to the barrel extension.   Which over the years cooking in the dry Texas heat was baked it to an super tough bonded epoxy that bound up every single one of the guns.    You couldn't release the bolt or move the action back or forth.  There were SOLID...

We would have been completely screwed if we had taken them to the field for emergency issue.

As the designated unit armorer (and rangemaster too - as a NCO I used to do a lot!) I had the task to strip all of them them all the way down, Clean off all the super gunk.  re assemble and then Shoot 10 rounds to certify ready, then strip them all back down and clean them again) for proper long tern storage...  

Our issue qualification shells were some vintage Federal High Brass 5's.  So, 4 cases of 10 shotguns each times 10 rounds minimum was 400 rounds over the weekend.  Ka-Boom!  

I met some good friends and had great times in the TSG.   I still have my old Woodlands & Alice Gear.   (should there be need for a Dinosaur to rise again...)

What is the Maritime Regiment's uniform consist of? Is it just the desert digies? Or are they a seasonal uniform?

Also, is it the MCCUU cut, or the ACU/TRU cut?

I'm leaning heavily towards TMAR, because of the "uniqueness" of the organization.

You can IM me....this board is not very TXSG friendly in the past.  

In short we work shelters for hurricanes.  There is also now Mission Ready Packages (MRPs) that the State is building up that the TXSG is responsible for (one being shelters).  We are also now getting tons of GSAR training across the Army, and TMAR side of the house.  I have been in for a while...I am in the J-6 (Joint IT section of the house)  and work on much of their IT stuff and now more and more radios (which has some good equipment now).