Texas Guard’s top general replaced amid border mission troubles

A pretty impossible mission without support from the administration

Thank you my friend MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. for posting the news from armytimes.com author James Barragán, that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday he has replaced Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris as leader of the Texas Military Department after months of criticism that her handling of his highly touted border mission had led to deplorable living conditions for troops.

Background from {[armytimes.com/news/your-army/2022/03/14/texas-guards-top-general-replaced-amid-border-mission-troubles/]]
In a news release, Abbott said Norris’ term expired in February and Maj. Gen. Thomas M. Suelzer, who formerly oversaw the Texas Air Guard, was the military department’s new leader as of Monday.
Norris began her three-year tenure at the helm of the department in 2019 but came under heavy criticism in recent months after a massive ramp-up of Operation Lone Star last fall led to pay issues, poor living conditions and a lack of appropriate gear for troops on the mission.
An investigation co-published by The Texas Tribune and Military Times found that many of the issues plaguing the mission were not only byproducts of the mission’s hasty expansion, but also similar to problems faced during the department’s last major state deployment, during Hurricane Harvey.


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The Guard's union? What the hell?
I get the idea of replacing the CG if she appears to be screwing it up or at least not making it better. But having to deal with a troop union?
From what I'm reading about this, it sounds like it's soldiers complaining about the same shit every other soldier complains about. Deployment. Shitty pay. Incompetent officers. No equipment. Lack of direction.
In my opinion....suck it up. You voluntarily enlisted so you have to deal with the consequences of having to be deployed.