page_title: Texas State Guard
section_title: Commanding Generals
hierarchical_section_title: Texas State Guard / Commanding Generals
caption_attribution_description: English: Texas State Guardsmen searching during a humanitarian mission.
context_page_description: The Texas State Guard is the state military force of Texas, and one of three branches of the Texas Military Forces. Along with the other two branches, the TXSG falls under the command of the Governor of Texas and is administered by the Adjutant General of Texas an appointee of the Governor. The other two branches of the Texas Military Forces are the Texas Army National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard.
  The mission of the Texas State Guard is to provide mission-ready military forces to assist state and local authorities in times of state emergencies, to conduct homeland security and mission support activities under the umbrella of Defense Support to Civil Authorities, and to augment the Texas Army National Guard and Texas Air National Guard as required.
  Headquartered at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, the TXSG functions as an organized state militia under the authority of Title 32 of the U.S. Code and Chapter 431 of the Texas Government Code. The Governor of Texas has sole control over the Texas State Guard, because it is not subject to federal activation.
context_section_description: Maj. Gen. J. Watt Page 1941-1943
  Maj. Gen. Arthur B. Knickerbocker 1943-1947
  Maj. Gen. Claude V. Birkhead 1947-1950
  Maj. Gen. Raymond Phelps 1950-1953
  Maj. Gen. Lloyd M. Bentsen Sr. 1953-1963
  Maj. Gen. John L. Thompson, Jr. 1963-1966
  Maj. Gen. Harley B. West 1966-1969
  Maj. Gen. Max H. Specht 1969-1974
  Maj. Gen. William Green 1974-1984
  Maj. Gen. Roland Bruce Harris 1984-1987
  Maj. Gen. James W. Robinson 1988-1990
  Maj. Gen. Marlin E. Mote 1990-1994
  Maj. Gen. John H. Bailey, II 1994-1997
  Maj. Gen. Bertus L. Sisco 1997-2000
  Maj. Gen. Richard A. Box 2000-2006
  Maj. Gen. Christopher J. Powers 2006-2009
  Maj. Gen. Raymond C. Peters 2009-2012
  Maj. Gen. Manuel A. Rodriguez VII 2012-2014
  Maj. Gen. Gerald R. "Jake" Betty 2014-2017
  Maj. Gen. Robert J. "Duke" Bodisch 2017–present
caption: Texas State Guardsmen searching during a humanitarian mission.
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