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This episode was made possible by Dustin Colgrove, Ben Perry,
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Colonel C McAdams, Sr. And other Patreon members. Support us
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at patreon dot com Forward slash state defense for us.
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Moving over to your training programs, the meat of the
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topic of the podcast here, let's dive into your first
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your Military Emergency Management special Specialist program. As that program doing.
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I know you certified a lot of people. Can you
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give us like an idea of all park on how
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many you've certified.
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Oh, I don't have a total number. I'm fairly certain
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we've we've we've gone over ten thousand at this point,
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but I'm not one hundred percent sure. I know that
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at any given point now we have we have over
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one thousand to two thousand in the pipeline, Which is
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why I'm not afraid of our cyber numbers, because we're
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doing in it the MEMES thing. The the other thing
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that's interesting to know about MEMES, which is the emergency
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the Military Emergency Management Specialist badge, which is our anchor program,
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and we're about to add a new badge to it.
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By the way, there's a new MEM's badge called mems
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l n O but UH, which is a gold colored
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UH Master MEMS badge, But the the underpinnings of the
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MEMS MEMES badge are all federal disaster operation stuff. And
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what's made it really fascinating about this program is that
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it's not just state defense forces. We have now badged
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people and memes that ranging from the United States Army,
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the National Guard, Army, National Guard, Air National Guard, United
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States Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Italian
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Coast Guard I believe has now been badged MEMS. Now
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we recently got request and are now helping a platoon
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I mentioned the thirty eighth parallel recently, there's a platoon
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in Korea right now and the US Army that's all
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working through their MEMS badges while they're deployed. So the
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MEMS badge has grown way above and beyond the state
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defense forces and is now being recognized in the uniform
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services world as a definitive measure that the individual has
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been through an extensive amount of military emergency management training,
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including a whole stack of federal certifications. And as I said,
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in my case, and nobody was more startled than I
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was when they put me in charge of over seven
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hundred people in Texas. But it's one of those of
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as you go through these various levels of memes, badge
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training and whatnot, you are in fact certifying and learning.
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And then if you exercise this stuff at exercise which
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I did we did in the New York Art constantly,
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you're actually qualifying to run task forces and strike teams
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and big disaster response teams. And so nothing thrills me
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more than knowing that members of the federal military have
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recognized this program and the extraordinary job Sergeant Major Fred
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Tretti has been doing as director of the program for years.
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The people that founded the program did a phenomenal job,
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and Sergeant Major Tretti, by the way, he's a US
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Navy veteran, he's a submariner doing a phenomenal job. Thousands
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of people going through it. COVID was the biggest response
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because all the people deployed, when they were sitting there
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board at their posts used the time to get their
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MEMS badge studies out of the way, so it was big.
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So we're expecting probably two to three thousand people through
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the MEMS programs just this year, just basic memes. That's
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before we even lump on Senior Memes, Master mems, and
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now Memes Leno which is the pinnacle, which means you
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got all that much more training and jock training and
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are ready to basically sit the military Leno seat in
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any joint Operations center. So very proud of those products,
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those programs,
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This episode was made possible by Dustin Colgrove, Ben Perry,
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Colonel C McAdams, Sr. And other Patreon members. Support us
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at patreon dot com Forward slash state defense for us.
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Moving over to your training programs, the meat of the
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00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.600
topic of the podcast here, let's dive into your first
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your Military Emergency Management special Specialist program. As that program doing.
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I know you certified a lot of people. Can you
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give us like an idea of all park on how
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many you've certified.
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Oh, I don't have a total number. I'm fairly certain
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we've we've we've gone over ten thousand at this point,
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but I'm not one hundred percent sure. I know that
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at any given point now we have we have over
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one thousand to two thousand in the pipeline, Which is
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why I'm not afraid of our cyber numbers, because we're
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doing in it the MEMES thing. The the other thing
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that's interesting to know about MEMES, which is the emergency
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the Military Emergency Management Specialist badge, which is our anchor program,
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and we're about to add a new badge to it.
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By the way, there's a new MEM's badge called mems
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l n O but UH, which is a gold colored
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UH Master MEMS badge, But the the underpinnings of the
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MEMS MEMES badge are all federal disaster operation stuff. And
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what's made it really fascinating about this program is that
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it's not just state defense forces. We have now badged
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people and memes that ranging from the United States Army,
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the National Guard, Army, National Guard, Air National Guard, United
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States Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Italian
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Coast Guard I believe has now been badged MEMS. Now
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we recently got request and are now helping a platoon
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I mentioned the thirty eighth parallel recently, there's a platoon
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in Korea right now and the US Army that's all
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working through their MEMS badges while they're deployed. So the
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MEMS badge has grown way above and beyond the state
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defense forces and is now being recognized in the uniform
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services world as a definitive measure that the individual has
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been through an extensive amount of military emergency management training,
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including a whole stack of federal certifications. And as I said,
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in my case, and nobody was more startled than I
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was when they put me in charge of over seven
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hundred people in Texas. But it's one of those of
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as you go through these various levels of memes, badge
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training and whatnot, you are in fact certifying and learning.
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And then if you exercise this stuff at exercise which
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I did we did in the New York Art constantly,
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you're actually qualifying to run task forces and strike teams
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and big disaster response teams. And so nothing thrills me
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more than knowing that members of the federal military have
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recognized this program and the extraordinary job Sergeant Major Fred
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Tretti has been doing as director of the program for years.
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The people that founded the program did a phenomenal job,
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and Sergeant Major Tretti, by the way, he's a US
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Navy veteran, he's a submariner doing a phenomenal job. Thousands
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of people going through it. COVID was the biggest response
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because all the people deployed, when they were sitting there
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board at their posts used the time to get their
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MEMS badge studies out of the way, so it was big.
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So we're expecting probably two to three thousand people through
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the MEMS programs just this year, just basic memes. That's
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before we even lump on Senior Memes, Master mems, and
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now Memes Leno which is the pinnacle, which means you
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got all that much more training and jock training and
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are ready to basically sit the military Leno seat in
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any joint Operations center. So very proud of those products,
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those programs,
