MINUTEMEN INITIATIVE
WTX DESERT UNIT
Pursuant to the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, Minutemen Initiative is sworn to preserve the life, liberty, and property of all law-abiding citizens through the preparation, training, and support of a lawful citizens' group outside the jurisdiction of government. To aid in the defense of liberty, the un-organized Militia shall train citizens to uphold our natural and inalienable rights and defend the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Texas.
Come see how you can be apart of an ever-growing organization dedicated to the training and preparation necessary to ensure the safety and security of our families, our local communities, and our state should the need ever arise for us to take action.
WELCOME
We appreciate your interest in learning about our unit and organization. Let me first say that we are not your average patriot group, gun club, or militia. Our unit is comprised of individual Minutemen, each of whom has made the personal choice to elevate their training, ability, standards, and commitment to a higher level than most. Our members participate at every level within the company and attendance to events and functions is considered mandatory without good cause for absence. We do not treat this as a hobby or an occasional weekend of hanging with the boys so to speak. We are objective and goal oriented and well-structured based upon our unit standard operating procedures. We always like to clarify that point right up front with anyone considering joining us.
Now, with that said, we do have a great time at every event we hold and the feeling of belonging to a "brotherhood" is very much present.
Our recruitment process has changed a little in the preceding months. We now hold monthly recruitment and evaluation days at our secondary training location just west of Odessa, TX. These will always be on a Saturday and usually last from 4 to 6 hours. These events give us a chance to meet with potential recruits and get to know them a little first hand in a laid back and fun environment. It also gives recruits the opportunity to meet patched members of the unit, talk with leadership members, and ask any and all questions they may have regarding our unit and its functionality. We also have courses and drills set up for individual evaluation and observation on some of the fundamentals and maneuvers that we employ as a unit.
No prior experience of any kind is required, and the gear requirements are at a minimum for new recruits. So come as you are, with what gear you have and we can help you build from there.
What we do is not for everyone. It requires a patriotic passion, self-motivation, and a realization that the skills and training we acquire and hone are invaluable, should the future of our local communities ever need them.
Attendance at a scheduled recruitment day at our secondary training site, is required before a recruit is allowed to attend a full scale Field Training Exercise at our main Training Facility location. The application to join will now be presented at the end of the recruiting event, instead of before attendance to a recruiting event.
Recruits that attend a recruiting event and still wish to proceed with the process of joining our unit will be invited to the next FTX at our home facility. After a recruit has attended 3 consecutive months of FTX events and acquired the minimum uniform and items on the list provided, they will become eligible to be formally patched into the unit as a full fledged member with voting rights and other advantages.
THE MINUTEMEN INITIATIVE ORGANIZATION IS COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE AUTONOUMOUS UNITS THAT ADHERE TO THE OBJECTIVES & CONDUCT SET FORTH BY THE MMI STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
IF YOU RESIDE IN THE WEST TEXAS AREA YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE WTX DESERT UNIT.
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DFW BEACON UNIT
WHO WE ARE
Our Roots
The Minutemen played a crucial role not only in the Revolutionary War, but in earlier conflicts. Although the terms militia and minutemen are sometimes used interchangeably today, in the 18th century there was a decided difference between the two. Militia were men in arms formed to protect their towns from foreign invasion and ravages of war. Minutemen were a small hand-picked elite force which were required to be highly mobile and able to assemble quickly. Minutemen were selected from militia muster rolls by their commanding officers. They were chosen for their enthusiasm, reliability, and physical strength. Usually about one quarter of the militia served as Minutemen, performing additional duties as such. The Minutemen were the first armed militia to arrive or await a battle.
Although today Minutemen are thought of as connected to the Revolutionary War in America, their existence was conceived in Massachusetts during the mid-seventeenth century. As early as 1645, men were selected from the
militia ranks to be dressed with matchlocks or pikes and accoutrements within half an hour of being warned. A journal entry from Samuel Thompson, a Massachusetts militia officer, states, "...but when our men were gone, they sent eleven more at one minute's warning, with 3 days provision..." By the time of the Revolution, Minutemen had been a well-trained force for six generations in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Every town had maintained its 'training band'. The adversity that this region faced — Native-American uprisings, war with France, and potential for local insurrections, social unrest, and rioting — provided ample reason to adhere to a sound militia organization.
By the time of the Revolution, Massachusetts had been training, drilling, and improving their militia for well over a hundred years. In February of 1775 Concord was one of the first towns to comply with the order to create Minutemen companies out of the militia. Of approximately 400 militia from Concord's muster rolls, one hundred would also serve as Minutemen. The Minutemen were still better organized and battle-tested than any other part-time military and were a vital and necessary force, playing a crucial role in not only the Revolutionary War, but in earlier conflicts. Without these "ready in a minute" men, our history may have been written in a very different way.
We Are:
Highly committed & dedicated Minutemen
Freedom loving Patriots
Law Abiding Citizens that support our Republic
Your neighbors, friends, co-workers, family members
Committed to assist and defend our families, communities, state, and nation
Dedicated to training and preparation
Trade workers, retired / active law enforcement, Fire / EMS, and military veterans
An un-organized militia protected under the United States Constitution
Proud Texans self-sworn to uphold and defend the US and Texas Constitutions
People who value law, order, & peace.....but are well-prepared for the worst
We Are Not
Vigilantes, radicals, or criminals
A shadow or fringe group
Outlaws, rebels, or insurgents
A racist, hate, or white
supremacist organization
Anti-Government or Sovereign Citizens
WAYS WE HELP
Our Missions
Providing a framework to grow our organization with state recruitment campaigns, increased organizational communication, and membership incentives.
Providing a focus on the education of ourselves & others regarding the Constitution, political arena, local laws, preparation, and self preservation.
Increased involvement in community outreach events, disaster preparedness and response, and support for Veterans, elderly, and other citizens in need.
SUPPORT & OUTREACH
Helping Our Communities
TRAINING
Reinforcing our Commitment
EDUCATION
One Step at a Time
“The safety of these States and everything dear to a free people must depend in an eminent degree on the militia......
This arrangement should be formed too in times of peace, to be the better prepared for war.”
JAMES MADISON
CONTACT
MINUTEMEN INITIATIVE
WTX DESERT UNIT
Get in touch with us through the contact link at the top of this page or fill out and submit the short form below to learn more about our work and how you can get involved.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Tyrannidem Non Praevalebit
