Never before has Texas — or any other state — involuntarily activated so many troops under state active duty authority for such a long-term mission. Nor has it been done so quickly.
By Davis Winkie and James Barragán, The Texas Tribune
Marines will fire a Naval Strike Missile from a Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary (ROGUE) fires vehicle Sunday to sink a Navy hull in the Pacific.
Prosecutors said that businessman agreed to pay $250,000 in kickbacks to a civilian employee of the Marine Forces Reserves distribution management office in New Orleans.