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By CHERYL HICKMAN
Few people seem to have heard of
the Texas State Guard, and perhaps
many of the people who have heard
of it don’t know why the group
exists.
The Texas State Guard is a branch
of the state. Members of the group
are trained in civil defense opera
tions, but they don’t carry weapons.
In case of a natural disaster, a civil
disturbance or some other
emergency, the governor can put
the Guard on active duty.
Guardsmen meet at least once
each month at the national Guard
Armory in their area. They receive
training in first aid, radio communi
cations, traffic control and map read-
People may not know aboutll
Guard because it isn’t calledn
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Major Joe McMullen, director of
the Symphonic Band at Texas A&M
University, is the battalion com
mander of State Guard units in
Bryan, Brenham and Huntsville.
McMullen gave some examples of
what the guard does.
When the National Guard is
mobilized, the State Guard is re
sponsible for taking over the armory
in the area. In case of a natural dis
aster such as a tornado or hurricane,
the State Guard may be called to
help with first aid, traffic control,
and search and rescue missions.
When on active duty. Guard
members draw military pay. Their
pay is based on rank, so officers are
paid more than privates. Guard
members are limited by Texas legis
lation to a maximum active duty
period of 12 days.
State guard units will also, on re
quest, perform various community
services. In October 1977, McMul
len’s battalion helped with traffic
control in Huntsville during the
prison rodeo. The Huntsville unit
performed the same service during
the Christmas parades. These serv
ices are performed on a voluntary
basis and the guardsmen are not
paid.
Every spring each unit of the
Texas State Guard is involved in a
training exercise. During this exer
cise the guardsmen apply what they
learned. There are two different
types of training maneuvers: field
exercises and command post exer
cises. Only one maneuver is per
formed each year with each type of
exercise being used every other
year.
In the spring of 1976, McMul
len’s battalion used a field exercise.
The guardsmen were told a plane
had “crashed somewhere in the
woods around Easterwood Airport.
They had to seal off the area, find
the plane and apply first aid to
“wounded passengers.”
A command post exercise was
used in 1977. For this maneuver the
guardsmen were told that the Na
tional Guard had been mobilized.
The State Guard then t6ok over the
armory in Bryan. They took in-*
ventory of all equipment in the ar
mory and guarded the building
th roughout the exercise.
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very often. i
“We're not active enough
many people to know about^
said McMullen. There hasnt
a local emergency in a long
The last time we were called out
when there was flooding
Baytown. That was five years 3
However, the Guard is
popular with one group of stui
on the Texas A&M campus. Out
state students who join the
are exempt from paying
resident tuition. Connie Swi
der, a senior psychology major
Virginia, joind the Guard in
She said she was exempted
$502 in tuition costs just last semi
ter.
This exemption has attractet|
many out-of-state students toil
Guard. McMufie/? said diaf whenM
first came in contact with the Guarij
five years ago, there were only ei|
people in the Bryan unit. Thenstoj
dents started finding out about' 1
exemption and a couple I®
later there were 138 people in thi
unit.” That made the BryanunittM
largest in the state. .n ra
However, in 1976 the numberij
people allowed in each unit wascu
by the state legislature to 15. Nontl
of the Bryan members were
ped, but no new enlistments wen
taken. The number has gradual
decreased to 50 because of memben
graduating, transferring to oteiThi!
universities or dropping out o;§sigi
school. i, » ir 1
McMullen said they probably will’Ev
not take any new members (oilmse
another year and the waiting list to
get in is long.
Some students join the Stale
Guard for reasons other thantk
tuition exemption. Gary Schoel-
kopf, a senior bio-medical sdeutt
major from New Jersey, said, 1
wanted my transcripts to showtliat
I’d had some other involvementsmW)
school.” . . 1 1 '' (
John Lahore, a senior animal so-* th
ence major from Kentucky, said,
feel it’s a very worthwhile activity
I’m benefiting the state of f esas '
but they’re helping me too. Not
only is it giving me out-of-state ben
efits (tuition exemption) but its
teaching me first aid and some other
things that I think will be useful to
me anytime.”
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