Tanks return to Texas Army National Guard for first time since 2004
By Lauren Reid
TEMPLE, Texas - The Texas Military Department has announced that the Texas Army National Guard will be receiving a tank battalion from the United States Army. The move will bring tanks back to the Texas Guard for the first time since 2004.
The Texas Army National Guard was selected by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and the United States Army to receive an additional force structure consisting of an Armored Cavalry Squadron, according to a press release from the Texas Military Department.
The Squadron, relocating from the Pennsylvania National Guard, is a subordinate unit of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.