Player Embed Code: Download Embed Share Texas National Guard Operation Lone Star Weekly Update Joint Task Force Lone Star March 1, 2023 | 1:56 Newly appointed Texas Border Czar, Mike Banks, visits the Rio Grande Valley to speak with Texas National Guard Soldiers deployed in support of Operation Lone Star, February 2023. The Guardsmen from Alpha Company in Task Force East’s area of operation got to ask questions regarding their mission and partnership with law enforcement. Engineers from Special Response Team 4, a combination of Soldiers from both Texas National Guard and Texas State Guard, begin the latest project to expand control of the El Paso border with Mexico, February 26, 2023. (Texas Army National Guard video by Operation Lone Star)