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Greg Abbott through the Texas Division of Emergency Management, about 900 members of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a id="anch_189" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #479acb; outline-width: 0px; font: 16px/24px 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline-style: none; widows: 1; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; outline-color: invert; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;" href="https://tmd.texas.gov/army-guard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas Army National Guard</a><span style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: none; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; 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word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: none; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; background-color: #ffffff;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>have been activated and are pre-positioning throughout the state ahead of Hurricane Harvey and its anticipated landfall later this week.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #000000; widows: 1; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Previously the troop total was reported to be 700.</span><span style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: none; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span></strong></div>
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<figure id="attachment_18468" style="width: 430px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://conservativebase.com/hurricane-harvey-texas-gov-greg-abbott-deploys-texas-national-guard/hurricane-1/" rel="attachment wp-att-18468"><img class="size-full wp-image-18468" src="https://conservativebase.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/08/Hurricane-1.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="252" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Air Force Maj. Kendall Dunn and Lt. Col. Ivan Deroche fly a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft into Hurricane Harvey during a mission out of Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 24, 2017. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney</figcaption></figure>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #333333; font: 16px/24px 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;">Additional personnel remain on standby to respond to impacted areas as needed, officials said.</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #333333; font: 16px/24px 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;">UH-60 Black Hawk and UH-72 Lakota air crews remain in position and on standby in Austin and San Antonio to assist with emergency search and rescue, swift-water rescues and emergency evacuations, officials said. In addition, multiple Texas Army National Guard ground transportation teams have been activated to support local and state agencies with any request for swift-water rescues, high-water ground transportation and personnel evacuation needs.</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #333333; font: 16px/24px 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;">Guard members also are pre-positioned in Victoria and College Station, with other locations expected as the storm track becomes clearer, officials said. Members of the Texas State Guard are mobilized to provide local shelter operations and Electronic Tracking Network assistance in the affected counties.</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #333333; font: 16px/24px 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;">&#8220;This is what we train for,&#8221; said Army Brig. Gen. Patrick M. Hamilton, commander of the Domestic Operations Task Force. &#8220;And we&#8217;re proud to stand beside our civilian partners, first responders and volunteers to serve the citizens of Texas.&#8221;</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #333333; font: 16px/24px 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Texas Military Department will continue to work with the Texas Division of Emergency Management to project additional personnel and equipment requirements as needed based on the impact of Hurricane Harvey and the needs of the state, officials said.</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #333333; font: 16px/24px 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hurricane Harvey is the first hurricane to make a direct landfall on the Texas coast since 2008.</span></p>
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