Texas National Guardsmen may be left without pay for federal fiscal year due to budget shortfalls Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune Soldiers with the Texas National Guard worked at a mobile COVID-19 testing site last summer at Uhland Elementary School. and last updated 2021-07-29 23:41:49-04 Major General Tracy R. Norris, Adjutant General of the Texas National Guard, is joining the call for a resolution to the budget shortfalls the National Guard is facing due to the January 2021 deployment of 26,000 Soldiers and Airmen to the U.S. Capital. According to the release from Tuesday, July 27, the lack of reimbursement has a direct impact on Texas National Guardsmen, as they may be left without pay for the remainder of this federal fiscal year.