Texas Medical Rangers at Work
Medical Care at Hurricane Shelters
Rio Grande Valley Free Clinics in the
Summer
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"Texans Helping Texans"
Texas Needs You:
- Texas Medical Rangers serve only inside the State of Texas.
- Officially we are the Medical Reserve Brigade of the Texas
State Guard.
- We are
actively seeking physicians, nurses, veterinarians, mental health
specialists,
paramedics, EMT's and non-medical
support
personnel..
- Unlike the National Guard, we only serve inside Texas.
- Prior military service not required. Desire
to help Texans is required.
Your
few hours in training time each month will help Texans.
Our Application
Page is here
For More Info in
Brownsville
contact:
- LTC Eloisa Tamez, RN at 956-245-7119 or write
eloisa.tamez@utb.edu
Links:
FAQs
- Wear
the Texas military uniform [looks like U-S but with Texas insignia]
- Train
at one meeting per month plus three or more optional summer days
- You
decide which missions to respond to [on state goverment orders]
- Honorarium
and expenses paid on State Active Duty – drills are unpaid
- Have
sovereign immunity from lawsuit providing medical care on State Active
Duty
- Workman’s
compensation coverage provided while on duty
- Work
for the Governor [rather than the President]
- Some
are military veteran members - many are not
- Can
resign at any time
- Make
new friends while serving Texans
- Serve
your community as part of a military team
- Prior
service personnel may wear the uniform of their prior service -
replacing
US insignia with Texas Military Forces insignia
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