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This episode was made possible by Dustin Colgrove, Colonel C McAdams, Sr.
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Colonel Phillip Smith, and other Patreon members. Support us at
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So I guess my next question would be moving on
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to So let's actually move on to basic training. This
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is one of my favorite topics. So one question I
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had is how many days in total from beginning to end.
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I guess there's a Texas State Guard recruit who has
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no prior military service undergo in basic training before graduating.
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Well, we get it broken down into two phases. One
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is called ARBOT excuse me obot, and then the next
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one is ARBOT. The first part is that they're basically
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doing online courses and things, giving them prepared a lot
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of FEMA courses, and so that could take anywhere from
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if they're hustling sixty days all the way to roughly
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ninety days. And then from there they will send them
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to BOT, which is a five day course in which
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they do a whole bunch of training and that's in person.
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And so once they complete the whole training phase, they
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come out with a they're certified. They'll make sure where
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etn our tracking system. They'll be certified in our MOSQ,
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which is Military Occupational Skills Qualification, which is a shelter
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person mass care specialists. So we'll use those FEMA terminologies
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to actually get them a certification, and so when they
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go to the unit, they're ready to deploy out. So overall,
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for a person that has no prior service, it could
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take one hundred and twenty one hundred and fifty days,
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maybe a little bit longer depending on how fast he
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can get the o bot partner on. But if your
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prior service, you can, you know, maybe thirty days, sixty days,
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depending on how fast you get your stuff done, and
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then we get you back in the system.
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Oh wow, Okay, So I guess what types of training
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would a typical recruit undergo in basic training? I know
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you guys have obstacle courses. I've seen numerous pictures of
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Texas State Guard troops repelling, but I think that's your
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SAR unit. Can you tell us a little bit more.
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Do you guys go through firearms training? Do you guys
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go through shelter management training? Things like that?
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Well, I'll answer, I guess for the for the most part, yes,
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we do incorporate an obstacle force and you know if
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there's repelled repelling, No, that's not our primary focus. There
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is a lot of team building exercises, but for the
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most part, when you come to our our body, you're
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going to learn how what is the State Guard, and
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you're going to learn the capabilities to make you a
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service member. That is, you've got to learn how to
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shelter management, you got to learn how your tracking system,
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and you know the basic military customs and courtesies. So
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that's what you're going to get. You're going to get
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a basic credential person and within five days. There's not
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a lot of time you can get that all done. Now,
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you talked about weapons training, so the current stance right
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now is that we do not do weapons training. Now
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we can go and support National Guard Airguard on h
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and we actually do compete, but it's not a State
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Guard sanction event and we do not practice maneuvers or
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anything of that nature. So with the new policy coming
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out and being reviewed, you know that our stance could
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change that they do want us to be more prepared
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with weapons systems, we could engage our law enforcement agencies
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and additionally, it depends really what the need in the
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mission is coming up in the near future, so but
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right now as far as weapons training, there is none
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This episode was made possible by Dustin Colgrove, Colonel C McAdams, Sr.
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Colonel Phillip Smith, and other Patreon members. Support us at
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patreon dot com forward slash State Defense Force.
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So I guess my next question would be moving on
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to So let's actually move on to basic training. This
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00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:23.519
is one of my favorite topics. So one question I
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00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:28.800
had is how many days in total from beginning to end.
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I guess there's a Texas State Guard recruit who has
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no prior military service undergo in basic training before graduating.
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Well, we get it broken down into two phases. One
11
00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:45.920
is called ARBOT excuse me obot, and then the next
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00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:49.640
one is ARBOT. The first part is that they're basically
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doing online courses and things, giving them prepared a lot
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of FEMA courses, and so that could take anywhere from
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if they're hustling sixty days all the way to roughly
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ninety days. And then from there they will send them
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to BOT, which is a five day course in which
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they do a whole bunch of training and that's in person.
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And so once they complete the whole training phase, they
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come out with a they're certified. They'll make sure where
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etn our tracking system. They'll be certified in our MOSQ,
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which is Military Occupational Skills Qualification, which is a shelter
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person mass care specialists. So we'll use those FEMA terminologies
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to actually get them a certification, and so when they
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go to the unit, they're ready to deploy out. So overall,
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for a person that has no prior service, it could
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take one hundred and twenty one hundred and fifty days,
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maybe a little bit longer depending on how fast he
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can get the o bot partner on. But if your
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prior service, you can, you know, maybe thirty days, sixty days,
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depending on how fast you get your stuff done, and
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then we get you back in the system.
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Oh wow, Okay, So I guess what types of training
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would a typical recruit undergo in basic training? I know
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you guys have obstacle courses. I've seen numerous pictures of
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Texas State Guard troops repelling, but I think that's your
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SAR unit. Can you tell us a little bit more.
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Do you guys go through firearms training? Do you guys
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go through shelter management training? Things like that?
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Well, I'll answer, I guess for the for the most part, yes,
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we do incorporate an obstacle force and you know if
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there's repelled repelling, No, that's not our primary focus. There
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is a lot of team building exercises, but for the
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most part, when you come to our our body, you're
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going to learn how what is the State Guard, and
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you're going to learn the capabilities to make you a
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service member. That is, you've got to learn how to
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shelter management, you got to learn how your tracking system,
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and you know the basic military customs and courtesies. So
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that's what you're going to get. You're going to get
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a basic credential person and within five days. There's not
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a lot of time you can get that all done. Now,
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you talked about weapons training, so the current stance right
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now is that we do not do weapons training. Now
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we can go and support National Guard Airguard on h
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and we actually do compete, but it's not a State
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Guard sanction event and we do not practice maneuvers or
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anything of that nature. So with the new policy coming
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out and being reviewed, you know that our stance could
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change that they do want us to be more prepared
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with weapons systems, we could engage our law enforcement agencies
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and additionally, it depends really what the need in the
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mission is coming up in the near future, so but
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right now as far as weapons training, there is none
