Latest "operation lone star" stories

Military groups call on lawmakers to give Texas troops death benefits

Texas lawmakers are considering legislation that would guarantee National Guard troops on state deployment $500,000 in death benefits for their survivors.

By James Barragán, The Texas Tribune and Davis Winkie

9 days ago

Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety officers position themselves on the banks of the Rio Grande in El Paso on Dec. 20.

Operation Lone Star border mission needs $460 million to stay afloat

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission is the biggest deployment of Texas National Guard members to the border in size and duration.

By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune and James Barragán, The Texas Tribune

6 weeks ago

Post-Global War on Terror, different missions for the National Guard

The chief of the National Guard Bureau talks training and deployments.

By Meghann Myers

7 weeks ago

Texas National Guard soldier shoots migrant at border

An internal document obtained by Army Times does not indicate that the migrant was armed.

By Davis Winkie and James Barragán, The Texas Tribune

2 months ago

The Guard’s border missions continue

The federally-controlled border mission continues in the shadow of a major investigation launched by U.S. Northern Command.

By Davis Winkie

3 months ago

Texas Guardsman deployed on border mission stabbed in Mexico

A service member deployed on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border mission was stabbed in Mexico while off-duty over the weekend.

By James Barragán, The Texas Tribune and Davis Winkie

3 months ago