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According to the Bureau of Labor

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statistics gathered in April of 2023

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the unemployment rate among all

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veterans was at 2.4% with numbers like

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that . An argument can be made that

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employers have the backs of National

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Guard members . But how much do those

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employers know about the National Guard

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itself ? That burning question needed

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an answer . And the Meland Army

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National Guard has the best public

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affairs specials in the country to get

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the job done . Fortunately that soldier

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wasn't available . So they sent me

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instead . Hi , I'm staff sergeant ,

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Chaz Kr . And today I tested the

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employer's knowledge on the National

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Guard's history during the 2023 Boss

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Lift event . Let's see how they did ,

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shall we ? So I am a member of

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Baltimore County public Schools . I am

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a high school principal and my soldier

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Scott Spalding nominated me . All right .

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You ready for a little trivia ? That's

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good . That's good enough for me . So ,

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first question , where did the National

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Guard originate ? Massachusetts , New

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York from Maryland . That is wrong .

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The answer is Massachusetts , the

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earliest North American Militia was

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formed there in that state during the

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17th century . Uh my name is Crystal .

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I'm with United Airlines . The soldier

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that invited us was Jack . Er , shout

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out to Jack . Hopefully I can get some

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free air miles uh , later on after this

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interview , if she gets all the

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questions , right . What year was the

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Air National Guard created ? 1747 1847

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or 1947 . I'm going with you

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Saturday . They , they all ended 47

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which year ? 1747 to 18 or

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1917 , I don't think airplanes

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were invented . It's , uh , 1947 .

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1 of these and Crystal was shoot her a

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word . She eventually did get one of

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those questions . Right . In fact ,

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most of the people I talked to got at

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least one question . Right . And I

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couldn't have been prouder . Our bosses

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may have a little work to do regarding

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knowing the National Guard's history .

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But as far as their support for our

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mission goes , they scored 100% every

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single time .