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This scuttle butt episode was brought to you by Dustin
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Colgrove dan Selby, Colonel Phillip Smith, Colonel mccadams, Sr. And
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the rest of our Patreon members. Help support us by
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Therein lies the rub the Texas Guard. Texas State Guard,
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it is fortunate enough if we had to have its
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soldiers paid. And I want us to think a little
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bit out of the bubble here because I was one
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of those states that meant the soldiers were not paid
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for state active duty service. So I don't know that
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the funding was as much an issue with you know,
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the supplies and the materials, but staffing could be an
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issue in those states where soldiers aren't paid, for example,
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soldiers having to take vacation from from work or otherwise
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getting taking off work and not being common to sate it.
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How would you, you know, in a world that wasn't Texas,
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how would you advise state guards to address staffing issues
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when staff aren't paid. I mean normally again it's volunteer
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with the capital B. But again life does have its
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realities in terms of pure finances. So your thoughts on
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that please yeah.
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This, this is where it's important to to really get
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involved with and build relationship with your state legislators because
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and and this is is critical. This, This is why
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I go back and forth between the relationship between the
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State Guard and the National Guard, because the National Guard,
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under normal circumstances is going to have a direct relations
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with legislators. Now, my thirty years in the in the
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National Guard, I never thought or interacted with the legislator.
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I didn't I didn't know what that involved. But when
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I switched over to the State Guard side and I'm
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working with the tag man, I it was it was
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an eye opener. I didn't realize that that there was
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so much interaction between the state legislators in in the
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Texas Military Department. And the the other thing is is,
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you know for Texas, and I know we're talking outside
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of Texas, but the title of four thirty seven put
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us put some major restrictions and requirements on the State Guard.
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So as other states build that relationship, there are positive
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and negatives, which with all things, there are so but
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that's where it starts. That's where it starts those relationships.
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To listen to the rest of the episode, click the
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link in the description, or visit patreon dot com. Forward
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slash State Defense Force
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This scuttle butt episode was brought to you by Dustin
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Colgrove dan Selby, Colonel Phillip Smith, Colonel mccadams, Sr. And
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the rest of our Patreon members. Help support us by
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visiting patreon dot com. Forward slash State Defense Force and.
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Therein lies the rub the Texas Guard. Texas State Guard,
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it is fortunate enough if we had to have its
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soldiers paid. And I want us to think a little
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bit out of the bubble here because I was one
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of those states that meant the soldiers were not paid
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for state active duty service. So I don't know that
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the funding was as much an issue with you know,
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the supplies and the materials, but staffing could be an
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issue in those states where soldiers aren't paid, for example,
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soldiers having to take vacation from from work or otherwise
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getting taking off work and not being common to sate it.
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How would you, you know, in a world that wasn't Texas,
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how would you advise state guards to address staffing issues
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when staff aren't paid. I mean normally again it's volunteer
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with the capital B. But again life does have its
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realities in terms of pure finances. So your thoughts on
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that please yeah.
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This, this is where it's important to to really get
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involved with and build relationship with your state legislators because
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and and this is is critical. This, This is why
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I go back and forth between the relationship between the
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State Guard and the National Guard, because the National Guard,
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under normal circumstances is going to have a direct relations
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with legislators. Now, my thirty years in the in the
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National Guard, I never thought or interacted with the legislator.
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I didn't I didn't know what that involved. But when
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I switched over to the State Guard side and I'm
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working with the tag man, I it was it was
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an eye opener. I didn't realize that that there was
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so much interaction between the state legislators in in the
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Texas Military Department. And the the other thing is is,
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you know for Texas, and I know we're talking outside
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of Texas, but the title of four thirty seven put
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us put some major restrictions and requirements on the State Guard.
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So as other states build that relationship, there are positive
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and negatives, which with all things, there are so but
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that's where it starts. That's where it starts those relationships.
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To listen to the rest of the episode, click the
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link in the description, or visit patreon dot com. Forward
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slash State Defense Force
