1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,010 --> 00:00:08,390 My name is uh Governor Bill Auby . I'm 3 00:00:08,399 --> 00:00:10,880 governor of the Chickasaw nation , uh 4 00:00:10,890 --> 00:00:14,560 served in the Army National Guard for 5 00:00:14,569 --> 00:00:16,629 seven years active and one year 6 00:00:16,639 --> 00:00:19,829 inactive . I went to Fort Jackson South 7 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,139 Carolina for basic training , which was 8 00:00:23,149 --> 00:00:27,120 in , in May of 1964 and then 9 00:00:27,129 --> 00:00:30,469 went to Fort Knox , Kentucky for a , it 10 00:00:30,620 --> 00:00:33,549 advanced individual training and for in 11 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,310 armor and then basic unit training and 12 00:00:37,319 --> 00:00:40,590 armor . And so we , we had a tank and 13 00:00:40,599 --> 00:00:43,029 we took care of the , the tank and I 14 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:44,950 was in charge of crew . 15 00:00:48,919 --> 00:00:52,830 Well , uh there's a very close link 16 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,580 between the military and 17 00:00:56,590 --> 00:00:59,310 the , the tribes because of our , our 18 00:00:59,319 --> 00:01:02,299 background , our , we may not have 19 00:01:02,310 --> 00:01:05,400 called it an army , but we did have uh 20 00:01:05,410 --> 00:01:08,660 people who are engaged in defending uh 21 00:01:08,669 --> 00:01:12,459 our tribe who were there , uh in case 22 00:01:12,470 --> 00:01:16,290 of attack . And uh they were looked 23 00:01:16,300 --> 00:01:20,199 up to , we know that it's important 24 00:01:20,209 --> 00:01:23,400 that we , we serve and that we defend 25 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:25,935 and we're there uh when we're called 26 00:01:25,935 --> 00:01:29,449 upon and I appreciate them taking the 27 00:01:29,459 --> 00:01:32,550 time and the effort to be trained to be , 28 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,070 be there when , when they're needed . 29 00:01:35,529 --> 00:01:39,080 And uh we have hold them in high regard . 30 00:01:39,089 --> 00:01:39,949 So thank you . 31 00:01:44,519 --> 00:01:47,220 Oh , was it ?