>>
>> WHAT
>> WHAT ABOUT THE NATIONAL GUARD AND ALL OF THIS? >> WE HAVE SEEN A HANDFUL OF
STATES ACTIVATE THEIR GUARD.
NEW YORK AS WELL AS CALIFORNIN4@
TO NAME A FEW.
I'M JOHN BECKER BACK LIVE IN MY
HOME STUDIO REPORTING TONIGHT.
AND I SPENT PART4@ OF THE
AFTERNOON TALKING WITH THE MAN
WHO KNOWS IN TENNE4@SSEE,
TENNESSEE'S FORMER ADJUTANT
GENERAL MAX HASTING4@S ALMOST A
DECADE LEADING THE 140004@4@ AIN
,NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS WHO
ARE WITH THE ARMY AS WELL IN
THIS STA4@TE.
AND HE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEIR
ROLE WILL BE GOING FORWARD IN
THE RESPONSE TO COPE AT4@ 19.
WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.
BUT FIRST I HAD HIM4@ LOOK AT TE
RATING RESPONSE ONE IN4@ HOW THE
COUNTRY IS REACTING4@.
>> IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME ON A
SCALE OF ONE TO 10.
I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW
NATIONWIDE WE'RE PROBABLY A SIX
OR SEVEN RIGHT NOW4@.
YOU'VE BEEN GAME PLANNING
SCENARIOS LIKE THIS FOR YEARS4@
OR SEVEN RIGHT NOW4@. YOU'VE BEEN GAME PLANNING SCENARIOS LIKE THIS FOR YEARS4@@
ALMOST A DECADE AS THE ADJUTANT
GENERAL.
>> WHAT ROLE WILL THE GUARD
PLAY?
>> I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE
SOMETHING LIKE 35 OR 40
DESGINED FACILITIES ACROSS THE
STATE OF TENNESSEE.
WHEN4@ YOU H4@AVE THOSE YOU CANT
JUST OPEN THEM UP.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF
ORGANIZED CONTROL TRAFFIC FLOW4@
,PROVIDING SUPPLIES,
TRANSPORTING THE SAMPLES TO4@ TE
LAB, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD FALL IN
AND ASSIST WITH THOSE ROADS IF
THEY WERE A4@ VENTILATOR OR
SOMETHING OR SOME TYPE OF
PERSONAL PROTECT4@ION4@ EQUIPMET
IN MEMPHIS AND YOU NEEDED IT IN@
NASHVILLE.
WE COULD TRANSPORT THAT
DEPENDING ON HOW BIG IT IS,
WHETHER IT'S BY TRUCK OR BY AIR
AROUND THE STATE.
>> OTHER UNITS AROUND KNOXVILLE
,WHICH ONES MIGHT YOU THINK
WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS
RESPONSE?
WELL, ANY ONE OF THEM COULD BE
INVOLVED.
THE 278 HAS PERSONNEL4@.
THEY HAVE ABOUT TWENTY EIGHT
HUNDRED PERSONNEL ACCROSS4@ THE
STATE OF TENNESSEE AND A AND
REST ASSURED SOME OF THOSE
PEOPLE WILL BE USED AS AS
PERSONNEL4@ AND TRANSPORTATION N
THE REGIMENT.
THERE IS EVERY4@ DISCIPLINE THAT
YOU CAN IMAGINE FROM TANKERS
ALL THE WAY TO DOCTORS TO
TRANSPORT OR SO THEY4@ HAVE A
WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST OF FOLKS
THAT THEY COULD REACH OUT AND
USE.
THE FIRST OF THE TWO 30
AVIATION UNIT LOCATED OUT ADDED
MCHGEE HASTON THAT HAS BLACK4@
HELICOPTERS AND IN THE EVENT
THAT THAT T4@HAT SUPPLIES OR
LOGISTICS THAT NEED TO BE
TRANSPORTED AROUND THE STATE
THAT THEY COULD BE REACHED OUT
AND TOUCHED TO TO DO THAT AND
COURSE THE 1304@ FOURTH.
THEY HAVE A WHOLE PLETHORA.
I MEAN IT'S A SELF-CONTAINED
ORGANIZATION4@.
IT HAS A SUPPORT GROUP INVOLVED
IN IT THAT HAS4@ THE MEDICAL IT
HAS TRANSPORTATION.
IT HAS COMMUNICATIONS4@.
SO ALL OF THOSE GUYS COULD BE
REACHED OUT AND TOUCHED TO DO
ALMOST.
HOW WOULD YOU R4@ATE TENNESSEE'S
RESPONSE?
I I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE
HAVING SEEN MANY DIFFERENT
DISASTERS4@4@ AND THINGS GOING N
TO SEE THAT THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION IS DEALING4@ WITH
THIS CALMLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO EXPERTS
AND THEY'RE NOT MAKING KNEE
DECISIONS.
IT'S WELL THOUGHT4@ OUT.
SOME PEOPLE GROW CONCERNED IF
THEY START TO SEE MILITARY
VEHICLES4@ AND UNIFORMS IN THE
STREETS AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
>> HOW4@4@ CAN YOU REASSURE THEM
THAT IF THEY DO SEE TROOPS
TH4@EY'RE4@ GOING TO HELP?
>> WE'RE NOT UNDER MARTIAL LAW
.
WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO GETTING
EVEN TALKING ABOUT MARTIAL LAW4@
.
THOSE TRUCKS AND PEOPLE THAT
YOU SEE4@4@ ARE JUST THAT.
THAT'S THAT'S THE VEHICLES
ISSUE TO US.
THAT'S WHAT WE GET FROM POINT A
TO POINT B.
AND THAT'S THE UNIFORM WE'RE
TOLD WHERE4@ AGAIN BACK HERE IN
THE HOME STUDIO THAT WAS MAX
HASTON4@, RETIRED ADJUTANT
GENERAL OF THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE.
>> AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER4@
FOURTEEN THOUSAND NATIONAL
GUARD TROOPS IN THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE MAKING US THE SEVENTH
LARGEST AMONG STATES WITH THAT
KIND OF4@ GUARD POPULATION.
WE MAY SEE A FEW HUNDRED OR A
FEW THOUSAND4@ OF THEM TAKE PART
IN THE UPCOMING KDC, HE SAID
HIS BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THE
PATIENCE4@ PUBLIC WILL WEAR THIN
AND PEOPLE WILL START