Entire Texas National Guard Activated As Harvey Deluge Continues (so where are "they"???)

[Lee-Lee]

8. From activation it takes 24-72 hours to get them in action

Retired Guardsman/Resrvist here. It takes time get in place once activated.

It will take a minimum 8-12 hours to get the unit assembled for most after they get the call. And that's incredibly quick. Remember not everyone in a Guard or Reserve unit lives right at the unit many are 2-3-4 hours away. Now factor in that they all have jobs, businesses, families that they must make arrangements to leave and they have to get their gear too.

So a notice to report in 8 hours is minimum for units that were not already activated.. Then they have to get loaded up and ready to go, you don't keep the vehicles loaded. Then you need orders and coordination on the movement plan to get where they are told to go.

From what I understand the remaining units were only activated yesterday. That will mean we will be seeing them roll in today.

But I have seen plenty of footage and pictures of units already at work, so I'm not sure what media sources your using that you don't see any.