1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:01,440 Mhm . 2 00:00:04,940 --> 00:00:07,200 I enjoy coming out here and helping 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,170 people . It just it gives me joy to 4 00:00:10,170 --> 00:00:14,100 help people and just be out here and 5 00:00:14,100 --> 00:00:16,790 ready to go if anybody needs anything . 6 00:00:16,790 --> 00:00:20,060 I just it's very much of a joy for me 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,270 this year's I . R . T . Mission is 8 00:00:24,270 --> 00:00:27,110 a carryover from last year . Um and 9 00:00:27,110 --> 00:00:29,110 we're working side by side with the 10 00:00:29,110 --> 00:00:31,600 Cherokee Nation and their their mission 11 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,130 is to build homes for Cherokee Nation 12 00:00:34,140 --> 00:00:36,720 veterans and disabled veterans . 13 00:00:36,730 --> 00:00:40,330 So the innovative readiness 14 00:00:40,330 --> 00:00:43,200 training program provides hands on 15 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,470 training to National Guard and Reserve 16 00:00:46,470 --> 00:00:49,270 troops . And in turn we build 17 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,447 partnership at our local communities . 18 00:00:55,140 --> 00:00:57,362 The amount of homes that we're building 19 00:00:57,362 --> 00:00:59,560 over here is 21 last year we built 20 00:00:59,570 --> 00:01:02,020 seven homes this year we're gonna build 21 00:01:02,020 --> 00:01:04,131 seven and next year we're slotted for 22 00:01:04,131 --> 00:01:07,510 another seven . Our soldiers over the 23 00:01:07,510 --> 00:01:09,566 last few years have done a lot of in 24 00:01:09,566 --> 00:01:11,732 state active duty missions . Typically 25 00:01:11,732 --> 00:01:14,230 that's because of a natural disaster . 26 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,296 Those those things are great and the 27 00:01:16,296 --> 00:01:18,296 state knows us for that . But being 28 00:01:18,296 --> 00:01:20,296 able to work with like the Cherokee 29 00:01:20,296 --> 00:01:22,073 Nation away from just a natural 30 00:01:22,073 --> 00:01:25,320 disaster really gets soldiers involved 31 00:01:25,330 --> 00:01:27,870 in their community on a deeper level 32 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,824 and not just because something bad 33 00:01:29,824 --> 00:01:31,936 happened but because we actively want 34 00:01:31,936 --> 00:01:33,880 to be engaged with our community . 35 00:01:35,940 --> 00:01:38,170 My favorite part about the mission is 36 00:01:38,180 --> 00:01:40,490 just being able to learn things that I 37 00:01:40,490 --> 00:01:42,657 haven't learned . I don't know a whole 38 00:01:42,657 --> 00:01:46,340 lot about interior construction . So 39 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,750 I just enjoy learning about that kind 40 00:01:48,750 --> 00:01:50,972 of stuff . It's my passion construction 41 00:01:50,972 --> 00:01:52,028 is my passion . So 42 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,407 I think it's important for soldiers to 43 00:01:57,407 --> 00:02:00,580 do these types of missions for several 44 00:02:00,590 --> 00:02:03,660 reasons . One , they get hands on 45 00:02:03,670 --> 00:02:05,950 training , they get valuable training 46 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,730 with people . Some of our soldiers do 47 00:02:09,740 --> 00:02:11,851 these types of things on the civilian 48 00:02:11,851 --> 00:02:14,360 side and some of our soldiers do not . 49 00:02:15,340 --> 00:02:17,720 We have soldiers that maybe carpenters 50 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,007 in the military and their electricians 51 00:02:20,007 --> 00:02:22,430 on the civilian side . And so they're 52 00:02:22,430 --> 00:02:25,060 able to come out here , learn from 53 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,250 carpenters on the civilian side and 54 00:02:27,250 --> 00:02:29,361 electricians on the civilian side and 55 00:02:29,361 --> 00:02:31,250 kind of a lot of cross training . 56 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,520 We are providing training to the troops 57 00:02:36,940 --> 00:02:40,270 while also providing some sort of a 58 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,430 collaborative initiative with the 59 00:02:42,430 --> 00:02:46,350 Cherokee Nation . It's just a very 60 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,470 enjoyable thing for me and I would 61 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:52,692 assume for the entire National Guard to 62 00:02:52,692 --> 00:02:54,526 just be out here and helping the 63 00:02:54,526 --> 00:02:56,580 Oklahomans . It's without being a 64 00:02:56,580 --> 00:03:00,460 natural disaster . This mission , 65 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,951 I'm gonna have to say it's been a lot 66 00:03:03,951 --> 00:03:06,550 of fun . The guards people , they , 67 00:03:06,940 --> 00:03:09,590 they respond anywhere they are . And so 68 00:03:09,590 --> 00:03:11,860 I'm I'm absolutely proud about that