Fort Hood

25 years ago, I'd been in the Army for about four years.

I was in processing at Fort Hood, Texas.

Going through briefings.

Red Cross lady came in.

I'd been in the Army for about four years.

I was in processing at Fort Hood, Texas, going through briefings.

Red Cross lady came in, said a plane just hit the towers.

It's a horrible accident.

But that's the means they have to fight back.

Like, what are they going to do? Like, you know, go attack Fort Hood.

I mean, it's just this is what happens.

It's just what you it's what's going to happen if you go around the world behaving like this.

I'm a non-combat veteran.

I saw things I shouldn't have seen in Texas, John, over at Fort Hood.

I spent my career at Fort Hood and I saw things I shouldn't have seen.

It sucked and it changed me in ways, but nothing like guys that are in combat situations.

I have a really big heart for people that have actually been in combat, of any kind, whether you were in a firefighter or not, but just being in another country, when you're a young kid dealing with what's at home, if you just stop right there, the mental aspect of that is enough to totally destroy somebody.

So it's like company, location, military, right? So in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, people are going to know how Antares is doing.

In Fort Hood, Texas, people are going to know how General Atomics is doing.

And Andrew, you can read to the list of companies here because we haven't covered them yet.

We're showing them on the screen.

But it's...

I think this is a really... interesting list to follow and for the fiber investable i'll hop back to that in a sec but over to you andrew

yeah so we've got anteres who's partnered with fort bragg in north carolina we've got bwxt advanced technologies partnered with fort campbell in kentucky we've got general atomics partnered with fort hood in texas got radiant partnered with fort benning in georgia and we've got westinghouse partnered with fort drum in new york Yeah, I mean, Brendan, your point about the folks at Fort Bragg are going to know how Antares is doing, good.

I think that we need so much more community involvement and buy-in to see this whole industry succeed.

So a Yes, primarily on the installation, but there are times where we do have to off the installation.

There's a lot of good examples of that, like Fort Hood, the Vanessa Guillen case, and a lot of the botched stuff with that is a result of our regiment.

I will be the first to say that because just not clearly understanding what we're supposed to do and how we're supposed to do it.

But because of that, we have got better.

And there was the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee and those types of things.

So really trying to bolster our ability to do law enforcement and how we do that as a regiment to support, you know, our community.

So, but yeah, it's mostly on the installation, but there are times when you go off the installation and have to do some type of like investigations or stuff like that, depending on what the criminal notion of the case is.

That more people weren't lost in the ensuing years.

Further attacks, subsequent attacks, although there have been some, Fort Hood and others, that were quickly told or not, only to find out later they really were.

I mean, those kinds of things have gone on, but nothing to the scale of what happened on 9-11.

When that sound bite was playing, I just found this.

I think one of the greatest pieces of news as a country and as individuals is we're here today, that we are not under the thumb of another nation, that more people weren't lost in the ensuing years.

Further attacks, subsequent attacks, although there have been some, Fort Hood and others, that we're quickly told are not only to find out later they really were.

I mean, those kinds of things have gone on, but nothing to the scale of what happened on 9-11.

When that sound bite was playing, I just found this.

The beltway sniper was Muslim.

The Fort Hood shooter, Muslim.

Underwear bomber, Muslim.

2005, Bali bombings, Muslims.