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you know , when you stop building

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really become stagnant and that's not

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the National Guard today , we used to

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be a reserve force just called up when

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needed for floods and fires and

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community stuff . The National Guard is

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now an operational force . We are 50%

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of the active duty missions around the

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world . No longer . Just one weekend a

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month , two weeks in the summer ,

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they've picked up a mission that is

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worldwide all the time ready and enable

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as this is a readiness center for polk

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county , it's not actually tied

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specifically to a single city . It will

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offer emergency response availability

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for this entire area . It will also

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have some conference facilities ,

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classrooms , emergency response stuff .

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And again , it's being built with the

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latest environmental and considerations

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for those in the build design , the

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money , the 14 million that's coming

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into this community will come directly

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to Oregon businesses in Oregon

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contractors . It's a great stimulation

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thing for this local area so it is

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going to be a great thing for them .

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And again , when our soldiers come back

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out here drilling in the local

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community helps local businesses , the

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food that's provided the , contracting

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for meals , the motels that we use .

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Again , all that money comes right back

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to a local community and generates

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those dollars stay in the community for

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234 times . So it's not just a normal

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paycheck , it's a long term effect .

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We're trying to make it again , where

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it is part of the community , it's not

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just a single source , it's not just

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where the guard gets together is where

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many agencies can come and they can

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actually , um , it becomes a community

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focal point trying to put in , again ,

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we're requesting some of the special

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things , maybe to get a track . So

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again , this could be used for

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community type events , fundraisers and

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those kind of things . Well , I say I

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feel close ties to the Dallas community

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because of the time that I spent here

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as a commander in the unit and it just

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had Mhm . I lose my voice when I talk

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about pride , when I think of the pride

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in the unit and what those folks are

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doing right now and the sacrifices that

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those soldiers are making and going

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through that . Um , as as an old

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soldier , you know , in a way , kind of

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envious the fact that they get to do

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that . But on the other hand , I know

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that it's a tremendous imposition being

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away from the families that long and

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being in that kind of danger .