Hey, welcome back to the think tech Hawaii studios for this episode of security matters. So why I'm your host Andrew the security guy And today we've got Ty Smith from vigilance risk solutions joining us out of sunny, San Diego Where I was just visiting and it was beautiful, but hold Ty welcome Did it did it finally warm up up there? You know it's warmer, but I think we're expecting a pretty big storm to come through this week So you may have just missed it. Hi guys. I was on the beach at um that I was at an event and it was at the Coronado and there was I'm on the beach And they were laughing at me because I had a hoodie and a jacket. I know it was freezing. Anyway Thanks for joining us. You know you are coming from Hawaii. That's right You can't tell from my accent, but I really truly my blood has run thin after 30 years out here. I'm sure Um, I tell you Ty go ahead and give us some I like to kind of give our guests a feel of you know, your background your history as much as you feel like sharing Kind of bring us up through I might might jump in on a little bit of your career there and then You'll get us up to the company you have today Of course, yeah, so I was born and raised in east st. Louis, Illinois Join the navy at the age of 17. I just didn't see myself Really growing growing up in east st. Louis, Illinois So I wanted to get out and see the world join the navy Within the regular navy for about four and a half years as a military police officer criminal investigator and an Italian translator stationed over in sardinia, Italy When the towers fell and so after that, you know, I applied seal training was fortunate enough to get accepted And made my way to Coronado, California where I promptly started basic underwater demolition seal school Unfortunately, I successfully navigated that course And wound up going to an east coast seal team shortly thereafter and the rest was a blur I had a fantastic career in the seal teams. I completed six combat tours to the middle east Got a chance to operate at some really high levels and I just had a really really really cool career And at the end of my career in 2016, I knew I wanted to go into entrepreneurship And as as timing would have in my timing was right because I discovered a new and rapidly growing market that needed Very specialized skill sets in order to address a massive problem and that problem is workplace violence Yeah, so for sure you and you went into grad school Did was the navy paying while you were going to grad school or did you because that was a really nice deal when I was in They covered about 75% while I was on active duty, which helped a lot Yeah, the navy is well the military as a whole is really really good about that and especially current day The military is very pro education Even for the enlisted men and women a lot of people don't understand that Historically the difference between an officer in the military and an enlisted person in the military Is that historically the officers had at least a four-year degree? Whereas current day, that's not the case anymore. In fact, when I was a platoon chief at SEAL team one I had 14 enlisted SEALs and when I inherited those boys Half of them already had a four-year degree. These were enlisted men And by the time, you know, I finished with them the rest of them had at least four-year degrees. So I was really fortunate that I had great mentorship when I was in the SEAL teams Master chiefs that helped on me all the time about making sure that I got my education knocked out prior to retiring So I was really fortunate the navy paid for all of my education I didn't pay a single dime for my undergraduate degree at ashram university And then the navy said to grad school at usc to get a master's in business and they paid for that as well And I actually wound up launching vigilance risk out of Graduate school I was going into the last semester of graduate school when I launched the company So I got a lot of help From my entrepreneurship professors and my strategy professors when I was in grad school As I was standing this company up and that was about 3.4 years ago Wow, that is that's an awesome story. So you're you're transition out of military It sounds like it was a little easier than mine and I went I had it sort of backwards I went to the fleet and then they tried to send me off to the desert and I went for the 95 45 So I ended up down at Lackland Air Force Base at that police school there But I got to stay in Hawaii do a military police after that and Then I that was that was enough for me. Give me a sense of You know how how daunty it may have felt to get started with your own business because that's quite a leap You know when you come out of the military and sort of everything's planned everything's known what to do Except the mission of the day You know What was that? What was that like for you to get that started up again? Or to just to Just starting out Was was easy And I can laugh at it now, you know, because knowing what I know now is the amount of stress I'm under on a daily basis now it's totally laughable because Going into entrepreneurship I sort of had delusions of grandeur where I looked at it like well, this is no different from mission planning I'm going to build my con up. I'm going to plan for all the contingencies I'm going to identify all the players are involved make sure that the communications are set up so that Everyone's going to know and I'm just going to go And I really went into entrepreneurship thinking that Okay, this is going to be maybe a little different, but no worries. I got this yeah I build it and it'll come that every every beat is going to be fine And it's going to be smooth sailing and that's for 3.4 years And I would back on that time and I laugh because I had no idea it was going to become as hard as it is Welcome to the business world. So this is interesting to me because you you pointed out that you I believe you found a highly underserved market I talked to organizations on a constant basis That are very unprepared and don't understand the implications of what it is that you do and what it is that you bring to the table and they absolutely gloss over Employee engagement and all these things that can become the beginning of workplace violence Um, so how did you is it was that from your training that you knew that or did you identify that while you were in grad school As the sort of path you wanted to take your company down So when I was building the business model canvas for vigilance first when I was in grad school I thought At the beginning that we were primarily going to be a service model company or a training company We started immediately building active shooter response and awareness curriculums because we identified that to be a huge pain In the market, but once we started actually closing contracts and gaining customers Our customers started asking us for more and that caused myself and my two co-founders to look at one another and realize Hey, we've got a lot more To offer this problem than just training And that's when we actually moved forward building out the threatened vulnerability arm of the company as well as the emergency planning arm Of the company and now we even have a blended model because we have What they train for our customers as well But the deeper I got into the research that the deeper I got into this business The more I realized that active shooter is just a very small piece of a massive problem Workplace violence as a whole is the mountain and active shooters really just the molehill And as we started working with bigger customers I really started to open my aperture a lot more And realize how these problems actually come to be The different types of workplace violence and like you were saying how each of them could have different triggers and therefore What we found is that in the market there are Several companies that are working in this space of workplace violence mitigation But most of those companies are at jack of all trades Which means that they can't master workplace violence mitigation And that's why we decided that we were going to be extremely focused But we also started to discover that In a lot of middle market and bigger companies a lot of those companies just went up so quickly that Physical security was at the very bottom of the totem pole as they were building those companies out And for obvious reasons I can't blame them when you're starting a startup company You're worried about really important things like marketing and strategy and Who's going to lead sales and and all this other really important stuff? And so a lot of these bigger companies are now playing catch up and that's where we help Yeah, is there um, do you I I'm just going to guess Give us a feel for the percentage of teams or groups that you walk into that have I'll just say zero policy Around this particular question be it physical security or or workplace, uh, you know violence mitigation Have they even begun? You know half of them have started none of them have started What's your what's your take on the percentages you're seeing today and maybe today versus a few years ago So i'm gonna i'm gonna be nice when I say that currently today I would say that It's still probably around 90 to 95 percent Of companies that don't really have anything in place several years ago I would say that number was closer to 99 percent But currently there's a lot of urgency in the market Especially here in the state of california because Primarily because of the active shooter threat these mass shootings have gotten so out of hand that it's forcing The leaders of of power not just our country, but even down to the individual states To take a look at hey, what are we doing in order to mitigate the risk? Violence in the workplace for example In here in california in april of 2018 Cal usher released an addendum to the general duty clause is it's section 33 42 The general duty clause that states that any Health care organization that has direct provider of patient contact Annually is no longer a a nice to have you are required to be aware of all of your You're required to be aware of all of your organization's threats and vulnerabilities You also have to communicate with your employees regarding what those threats and vulnerabilities are because gross negligence Is no longer going to be acceptable in a court of law And you will be they also have to have a workplace violence prevention plan Within their injury and illness prevention plan or an emergency operations policy that actually addresses workplace violence mitigation And they have to provide interactive training to every employee Regarding workplace violence mitigation while following april 2018. We've seen how many more mass shooting events that have killed how many more people We've seen las vegas. We've seen youtube. We've seen san antonio Marjorie still in Douglas high school down in florida They just keep happening therefore that's caused cal osha to go back to the table and start the discussion and the draft of Addendum 33 43 which will be an extension of 33 42 Except this new addendum will cover general industry So I think that really soon possibly within the next 365 days here in the state of california All companies regardless of industry regardless of size Number of employees all companies will be required to at a minimum Do those things annually in order to mitigate the risk of workplace violence? Yeah, and it don't you think it's like for some reason a little too late and it makes me sad that it took You know regulatory guidance or mandates from osha to do these things give us We're gonna go take a break pay a few bills We'll be back in about one minute and we're talking about workplace violence and mitigation. So hang around Hi, i'm rusty komori host of beyond the lines on think tech hawaii My show is based on my book also titled beyond the lines and it's about creating a superior culture of excellence Leadership and finding greatness. I interview guests who are successful in business sports and life Which is sure to inspire you in finding your greatness Join me every monday as we go beyond the lines at 11 a.m. Aloha Aloha, this is winston welch. I am your host of out and about where every other week Mondays at three we explore a variety of topics in our city state nation and world And events organizations the people that fuel them It's a really interesting show. 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We're talking with ty smith and we're going through a professionals perspective on risk of workplace violence mitigation and A lot of companies as we've discussed really haven't taken steps and from the top down haven't taken the time to build policy To put in procedures to do the training and so california is taken upon themselves through osha Occupational self and health safety and health association To dress some legislation around this in the healthcare space and ty you're thinking that's going to flow right on down into the rest of industry Which I think we need Absolutely, we do need that because The leaders of companies regardless of the size of that company regardless of how many employees you have or what industry you're in Leaders of people have to claim responsibility for the safety and security Of the people that are working within their organizations. So I agree with you. It's a little it's a little sad that it takes You know the california occupational safety and health administration actually putting out guidance and requirements, but It's better late than never because this is something that we absolutely Have to address and we have to address it right now because what we see from the data that we're gathering is that It's not going away. Yeah, it's not Increasing when I say that it's not I'm talking about the active shooter threat Is it so bad that people need to become paranoid or you know not do the things that they enjoy doing But we absolutely can no longer afford to ignore it Yeah, and you know on the on the government side we talk a lot about the insider threat And this insider threat rather comes from someone who becomes disgruntled or someone's coerced them by payment The fact that you've got these Workplace teammates who can allow another teammate to get So far out on the ledge or be under so much duress or so much You know without saying something without offering some help because workers notice that their fellow workers Act in different. He's having some troubles and this is where this conversation has to start You know you you'd like to see family engaged with family But oftentimes today people aren't even working in the same city where the rest of their family is and you may not know That they're disenfranchised What's your what's your take on that because the I think the military was quite a bit better about Taking care of your shipmates In the workspace. Why do you think it's so different? Well, I think that companies have to focus on And not just companies and their companies schools and our religious organizations We as a whole have to focus on The continuation of the development of interpersonal relationships We we live in the day And in age of technology where people would much rather talk to one another via email chat boxes and texts Then to actually have an in-person conversation with someone because we Teach our customers that it's really difficult To notice Especially right away if one of your colleagues is deviating from their baseline behavior If you never spend time actually talking Yeah to that person or those people and that's really really important. So First and foremost, we have to get back to talking to one another. We definitely have to become Much more situationally aware if you think about You know when 9 11 happened in the united states every american in this country was as Situationally aware as a human being could possibly be. I mean we were watching one another like hawks But we have short-term memories And so we have to become a lot more situationally aware Not paranoid But just situationally aware of what's going on around us at all times Who is around us? What objects are around me? Where am I right now? I'm going into a movie theater. Do I know where exits are and again, it's not paranoia.  That's how bad that That habit's gotten. Yeah, it's actually there's a law against it now. So Um, I wanted to touch on some things. So you're you know, you're you're creating this Training, you know, you're focused on on on bringing this to people And I know you guys are started to develop some I think it's like e-learning or is it remote where where you can Send this training into an organization and then maybe come in and do some live work groups Or how are you? How are you deploying some of these solutions that you've developed? Yeah, so I'll answer that by telling you a little bit more about Vigilance risk solutions. So they are a physical security and risk company that specializes in workplace violence mitigation Okay, that's all we do and we help our customers to mitigate the risk of workplace violence by way of Building threatened vulnerability assessments. And so what that means is that we go Into a customer's organization and we identify all of their physical digital environmental and human vulnerabilities and then we build a customer's emergency operations policy We identify all of the threats and the vulnerabilities and then we build strategies in order to mitigate the risk of those vulnerabilities becoming threats and those threats actually Becoming violence and that emergency operations policy is something that the customer can use to help State to the left a boom and mitigate the risk of a violent scenario actually happening but also I think it's really important that I take a short sidebar here And mention the fact that there is no such thing as prevention So if you ever hear of a security professional or a company saying that hey, we are going to prevent Violence from happening within your organization That's just not true because a motivated individual will find a way So we help organizations to mitigate the risk of violence happening within that organization So that emergency operations policy also serves as a playbook That the organization can use in the wake of a violent attack In order to get back to normal operations as quickly as possible Because every day that that organization isn't operating the way it was designed to operate That organization is losing money Daily sure so once we build the emergency operations policy We then start looking at training the employees training employees regarding what is in the emergency operations policy so that In the event of an incident Not only does The employee understand what leadership of that organization expects of them But also the leadership knows what the employees are expecting of them This is what we are planning to do in order to End this event and keep you safe and to help you recover Some bad event So we train the employees regarding what's in the emergency operations policy And this is why this is important andrew going back to the question you asked a couple of minutes ago We the companies that we find that that do actually have A process or a policy built to address workplace violence chances are Once we track it down It's got about five years of dust sitting on top of it and we actually do this We randomly pick employees and we ask them what's in your your organization's emergency operations policy And you can probably get the number of employees that have no clue what we're talking about When we ask that question. So we train them on the emergency operations policy. Then we also train them Regarding workplace violence mitigation. So we train courses like workplace violence mitigation and awareness active shooter awareness and response Corporate travel safety things along those lines and we do that training in person So that employees actually get that interactivity They get the ability to to ask questions of true subject matter experts Our subject matter experts come from the highest qualified physical security global security experts On the planet from Navy SEALs all the way down to United States secret service agents SWAT police officers And then lastly We have to ensure Sustainment of the training and that's where our web-based training comes into play because we want employees and students to have Year-round unlimited access to this information So that they can also take ownership and their own safety In security when they shouldn't have to wait around for their boss to say hey It's that time of the year you need to do your your web-based training for workplace violence. No, that is not enough We want them to have unlimited access to this content So that they can be responsible for their own training and they can train as much as possible And we have a few minutes left. So I want to get your thoughts on one thing We we spend a lot of time in our organization teaching people how to have that difficult conversation You know that one that where you have to come to someone say hey Are you okay, you know and and try to have that with some empathy and and try to Is there's some skills? I think in this interpersonal stuff that that you mentioned that Interpersonal relationship that I think we've sort of lost And so we spend time teaching there hoping that that's the the base of that Is this something that you you bring in into the training that you're giving as well as it started that low Absolutely, so especially within our workplace violence courses in our active shooter courses We have modules where we discuss human behavior And psychological and physiological indications of violence so that people learn how to read other people For example, we talk about You know a human being's eyes and how what a person is doing or failing to do with their eyes Be an indication that something is amiss. Maybe that person isn't preparing for violence, but something is definitely wrong for example In the united states of america, it's it's in our culture that if you're having a conversation with someone You have you practice eye contact with that human being Whereas we know that if if a person is refusing to make eye contact with you and you're already having a conversation That is an uncomfortable conversation Chances are there's something off about that person and again It doesn't mean that that person is contemplating violence Right, but that person is definitely showing you Physically that their mind is moving somewhere else and they Don't really want to have the conversation That they're having and a good example of that is think about it For all of you out there that have kids Consider this how many times have you asked your child a question and you already know the answer to that question And you look at him and you say hey timmy Did you take that cookie off the counter? And when timmy goes to answer you and you know that he's not going to tell you the truth Where does he look does he look down at his feet as he says no or does he look at you in your eyes? So we go through Those types of modules where we train individuals to understand human behavior And to be able to pick up on those some of those verbal pews as well as those those physical indicators like Noticing if you're communicating with a person and that person's may be closing off to you folding their arms or You see their hands are down at their side But instead of their hands being relaxed their hands are clenched into this Those are indicators that that human being is becoming really uncomfortable and that's a really important thing That has to be taught when you're talking when you're talking about Active shooter awareness and response and workplace violence mitigation Yes, that's a fact interpersonal communication is where it starts Workplace violence mitigation is possible Get to work on it if you don't know how to work on it Please reach out to vigilance risk solutions tie smith and his team can take care of you They've got a lot of answers. Thank you so much because security matters aloha


They might be just good people. You might see them hustling everywhere. Everywhere. It's for two years straight, you know what I mean? They might not just be musically good. No, I feel you. I feel you. What you think, Lou Dunn? You know, I think, I'm looking at it. I agree with what he's saying, but I also look at it like I'd be saying compared to where we was at. I feel like we are in one of the greatest positions we've been as far as musically because, per example, you got Fam right here, right? You know what I mean? For famous people. Of course. You got Bobby Sessions, right? Famous people, you know? You got J. White did it doing stuff. Yeah. Juju on the beat.  Yeah, we on boss talk one on one, one on one. Yeah, we gon' talk. Check it, check it. It's a unique house. It's your boy, E.C.E.O. And I'm here with Hey Man, Say Man. I got a couple of guys out. They don't need no introduction. These guys right here, man, for me is legend. Not only in Dallas, man. You might say, hey, the Earth is they turf, man. Lou Diamonds in the building. Hey, Little Runny Mother Elf is in the building. What's going on, man? I'm blessed, bro. You know what I'm saying? Y'all like, this nigga be high for nothing. Just a high. Yeah. Man, how y'all doing, man? Good. You good? Another day up on the ground. Man, you know, when I put this together, man, for the podcast, I really to be honest, which I be trying to break all the rules. I don't go by the rules, man. You know what I'm saying? Because at the end of the day, I think the rules are being taught as you go. You learning as you go. People don't know what they got. I don't know if y'all remember that movie, Facebook movie. You remember, it was a social, it was Facebook. The movie, Facebook. I think I seen that. And the boy had the show going. And he was like, he was like, we need to sell it. You know, they want to give him a lot of money. Million. He was like, nah, I'm not ready yet. I don't know what I got. Sometime you don't know what you got. Being real. You just trying to figure out what it is, right? So you guys, man, y'all been watching Dallas for a long time, been putting in work for a long time. Both of y'all patriotic when they come down to the studio. Me, I'm just a nigga under the tree. That's what I call myself, the under the tree nigga. You know what I'm saying? I'll be sitting out there. Man, that goes such and such. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, more than that, but I. Now I like to just have a natural conversation, man. So at the end of the day, I'll be like trying to get the right people with me and say, hey, man, what's up with this? What's up with that? But where do y'all see music? Any one of y'all can answer this. In Dallas, like how do y'all feel the music and the whole vibe is right now in Dallas for the grind?  I feel like it's personally, it's re-sculpting. Okay. It always re-sculpt like every five, six years. Every five, six years. Yeah, and I feel like it's re-sculpting right now. You know, we got a bunch of new young stars coming up and out of there. Yeah, yeah. I feel like it's re-sculpting and it's just more so about us seeing them like, you know what I mean? Like you said, us being the older dudes doing it, just seeing the youngsters that look like they're potentially going to be here. Because one thing about it is everybody don't be here. Everybody do it. Everybody jump in and try it. But when you look to your left and your right in five years, a lot of people be back at FedEx. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. That's crazy, but it's real. You know, a lot of times people have a good run. You know, walked it out. You know what I'm saying? But that was it. It's been a few like that, that you might see them, hey. But I ain't even talking about them. See, it's a world of people that don't even get records.  They might be just good people. You might see them hustling everywhere. Everywhere. It's for two years straight. You know what I mean? They might not just be musically good. No, I feel you. You know what I'm saying? I feel you. You know, I think I'm looking at it. I agree with what he's saying, but I also look at it like I'd be saying compared to where we was at, I feel like we are in one of the greatest positions we've been as far as musically. Because, for example, you got Fam right here writing. You know what I mean? For famous people. Yeah, of course. You got Bobby Sessions writing for famous people. You know, you got J. White did it doing stuff. Yeah. You know, you got all these people in the city actually making some hella fine noise, some stuff that it may have been happening back then, but I wasn't seeing it and I wasn't connected to knowing like what was really happening. But now to see it's multiple people, not just one holding it down. It's like, man, you know, it's in a, I see it's in a great state. We had a very great position. We have a good opportunity. How different is the tangible world versus the digital world that we live in today where everything is direct to consumer? And, because I was saying the other day, like, man, I wanna, you know, I remember that time we handle nigga this and give me this and I'm moving on from the car. I'm moving on from the, you know what I'm saying? I'm at the club in the front, man. Giving out this and that. Be honest, bro. Still like that. Still like that. The only reason I said I'm just speaking, it just switched. It might not be the physical disney. I might be merch, you know what I mean? Okay, okay. I'm gonna tell you something else where they can get to the digital, you know what I mean? Like, so that hand in hand still there, people still wanna touch you. So people still wanna be there and buy from you. They wanna support, you know what I mean?  I don't know if that's going to you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're gonna buy something from you, like for real, you know? That's, that's wild. That's wild cause, cause people still feel good to get something from you.   I bought it. I bought it with Pimp and Ken. The same one. I bought it right now. Yeah. Just because I'm supportive. You know what I'm saying? So you came and be like, E-man, like if you to show it up today, I'm like, E-man, I got this new CD, nigga. I'm selling it for sale, just say I'm gonna buy it. Cause it's respect. And that's the way a lot of y'all fans is cause that's the way they're programmed. And I think a lot of times we miss it because we so caught up in into what's going on now that we forget about the yesterdays, but they still prevalent. But see the digital, see where a lot of people get caught up in this digital world. You know, they don't think they got to lead a house no more. You know what I'm saying? Cause there's so many people blowing up right there on their couch. So, you know, they don't think they got to get on the road and go, like you said, we used to have to get in the car.  Exactly. Yeah. Like I for sure did that. Every chilling circuit, like one way in, one way out. Yeah. You hear me? And nigga, you hope you don't say the wrong thing cause this they town.  You in a small towns and like it's so many towns out here that people don't understand it. Like what I always try to tell the young artists, like everybody can't be drink. Yeah, yeah. It's different levels. Like, like you can't say you're not a podcaster cause you don't have this many millions. Like no, he do it. It's just he do it on a different level. Correct, correct. It's the same way with promoters. Promoters might not have 50K to get money bag, yo. But they got by to get loop. Yeah, yeah. They got by to get me? Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So it's just you want to be getting something.


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We are going to go over the dankest memes from dank's memes from site 19 Uh, I it's been a little while and uh, the year is almost over But I have one upload left before the end of the year and I plan on doing a sort of scp wiki year in review video So I should probably start researching that It is midday tuesday, though Anyway, let's get started clickity click Me explaining why the church of the broken god is better than sarcasm my friends sap fans See I Maybe that'll get memed too with me the thumbs up But um, I don't know if it's better or worse Not a huge fan of either of those uh sections of the wiki to be honest with you Although if I had to choose I probably got with the church of the broken god just because sarcasm while not holy body horror Is a little bit more body horror than um broken god stuff as but Yeah I can imagine this happens a lot, especially with young kids because my nephew, you know He starts to get in he's like eight or nine years old He starts to get in on something that's super exciting to him And he just cannot stop talking about it even to people who have No idea what he's talking about I wonder how old you get before you start realizing the social cues that Hey, maybe this person doesn't give a fuck about what I'm talking about Anti-meme or something. I dk. I haven't read them Uh, ah, man, it feels like It feels like it would have been It feels like they missed an opportunity someone should have been holding up a poster that says memes closed the pools closed guy on it It's an old meme, but a good meme One of the uh, one of the more original image memes to spread across the internet not Like image memes have been around since before there was an internet but Memes must be stopped memes are bad stop them Like a pause just for the next through it.  It could just be shut up You could just leave you're going a little bit too far there. I just simplify your joke Shut up Oh, man start your own investigation discover the scp foundation is real I mean This is the other thing like you get this and this is another young person thing I think more than older older people do this Younger people like want the scp foundation to be real because I guess they want to live in a slightly more magical world, but um Yeah, the world of the scp foundation is not Not the one I think you want to live in As much as even if you enjoy it as a piece of like I wouldn't want to live in westeros Everyone the thing is everyone thinks if they live in westeros that they'd be the hero But no you'd be one of the people getting murdered on the side of the road I wouldn't want to live in westeros But most of the uh, most of game of thrones was very entertaining to watch Oh I wouldn't want to probably live in the dc universe because I wouldn't be a superhero I would be I would be just a random person on the street getting murdered by the joker The scp foundation same thing.  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It's like an obsession that I never really bought into Like and it's not and it's not that's not an off-site fan base thing like for some some scps The bright family is something a lot of people I know on the scp wiki you're like really into Like oh, let's learn more about the bright fan because they're just like I guess The idea of you know writing new characters that are based around bright but not bright or is like particularly interesting to certain people So But I mean I don't know that the bright family are nearly as powerful as the kennedys Also, the kennedys are not nearly as powerful as everybody else makes them out to be This Some sort of surreal post-modern I think it was even in the comments on this meme was Uh, this is sort of surrealist post-modern thing about like, uh, how everyone's focused in on scp 173 There's all this other stuff going on on the wiki I think these numbers are a little off though. It's not 500 000 scps Oh Man, yeah, what is yeah, let's look at this one thing a massive black sarcophagus has been earthed in egypt Unearthed in egypt and nobody knows who's inside. Oh boy.  I also was the idea that I had a while back like They want to keep the scarlet king Contained like these cultists know that the scarlet king getting out would be a good thing for humanity and the world So what they've done is they've convinced themselves that the scp foundation is unstoppable And if all we have to do is lie to them let them do the work for us Just tell them just convince the scp foundation the scarlet king is this unstoppable End of the world problem and they will prevent him from ever getting out And they'll do these terrible things to do it too, which I just love the idea of the scp foundation is too powerful to fight But they're not too smart to be manipulated The scp foundation every other goi the only reason this looks the only reason the world looks like this to anyone Is because the scp foundation or the ones are the stories that you generally read There are other things from the other goi perspectives But even those are told for through the lens of hey, how does this affect the foundation? Yeah Only very recently actually I'd say this only very recently have they been able to like not very recently But in the beginning it was usually like well hoses pertain to the foundation If you doesn't pertain to the foundation, you know, sometimes people will be like, I don't think that works Even if it's about marshal carter and dark explicitly, there are people out there like that on the wiki especially Thousands of articles hundreds of tales dozens of cannons multiple gois A handful of games on like 12 pages of scp 914 testing logs do not solve the equation there will be bear You know, there's a lot I could talk about on this but the one thing I want to key in on is hundreds of tales No, there are thousands of tales. There are thousands of tales On the scp wiki not hundreds. How dare you I was at the end of it. That's the end of it. 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Ranger of the Woodland! Ranger Bill, Warrior of the Woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, showing rare courage in the face of disaster, in the air, on horseback, or in a screaming squad car. Ranger Bill, his mind alert, a ready smile, unswerving, loyal to his mission. And all this in extreme danger, and all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. And so then he says, you know, when I first started in business, there was a lot of dirty work to be cleaned up. And I says, oh, a lot of treachery, huh? He says, no, I started as the manager of a laundry. I never know whether to believe you or not, Stubby. There you seem to have an endless supply of jokes. We've looked all over his house, Fred, but we haven't been able to find where he hides them. I hide them right up here in my think tank. That's where I hide them.  Well, I never think that about you, old timer. How about you, Fred, the house business? Oh, looking up, Bill, looking up. Now what? I was just thinking about the only way for a business to look up is for it to be flat on its back. Here, there's one expression I'll never use again. Well, come on, young whippersnapper. Maybe Bill and Fred have the time to stand around and join, but those of us who work for a living have things to do. I'll stop by the station later in the morning, Stubby. You know where you can reach me.  Are you cleanin' that place again? No, I'm cleaning it still. Bye, Bill. Bye, Bill. Hey, Stubby, sure he's a character, Bill. What would you do without him? That's the question I try to put off thinking about, Fred. I can't imagine what the station would be like without the old timer, his harmonica and his jokes. How long do you think he'll be with the Rangers? I mean, before he retires. That's hard to tell. Doesn't his age start to show? Like when you have something especially energetic to do? Well, again, Fred, I'll have to say that I just don't know. You see, even if Stumpy were slowing up a bit, this experience makes up for it. He's always one of the first to locate difficulties and solve the kind of problems we run up against. So, you see, Fred, I just don't know. I guess it doesn't matter. He's got enough sense to retire when the time comes. Sure. But I'm certain he'll be with us for a good couple of years before he retires. Good morning, Mr. Hayes. Mr. Jeffers. Good morning, Mrs. Purdy. Good morning, Mrs. Purdy. My isn't it a lovely morning. I came out to shop right early just to enjoy it all the more. Yes, it is. I was just saying a little while ago that business about start looking up. I wasn't going to use that expression, was I? Well, anyway, they're coming to the nice weather. It brings more business to the stores. Oh, you haven't been doing very well this winter? Oh, no, it isn't that. I've done fine. It's just at the overall volume. We'll probably pick up now. Oh, now that's all right. I understand perfectly. You don't have to talk about it. But... Bill, just as I was coming up, you were talking about somebody retiring. Wouldn't be dear Stumpy now, would it? Retiring? All that, we were just speculating as to how long it would be before he might retire. Expect it soon, do you? I'm afraid not. If I know Stumpy, he'll never be ready to retire. Uh-huh. Well, it's been nice chatting with you. I really must be going. Good morning, Mrs. Purdy. Good morning, Mrs. Purdy. Good day, gentlemen. I suppose it's just the way she is, but she sure tries to nose in on everybody else's affairs.  Uh, that wouldn't be a bit of gossip itself, would it? Yeah, you're right, Bill. Sorry. A long time ago I saw what dangerous things can happen from a bit of gossip, Fred. I know what you mean. Well, this is no time to preach on the subject. I've got to get out of the bank, then to the station. Nice bobbing into you, Fred. Likewise, Bill. Listen, give us a call sometime. We'd enjoy seeing you more often. Is it really the best brand? It's the only brand of that stuff we carry, ma'am. Well, all right, I'll try it this once. Amelia, I thought I recognized your voice. Charlotte, how good to see you. Say, Charlotte, have you ever tried these? Yes, we did once. Why? Well, I was just making up my mind whether or not to buy them. How did you like them? As I remember, Herb thought they were all right, but I didn't like them. Oh, I guess I'll let them go. Oh, say, have you heard the latest from over at the ranger station? Land safe. I didn't even know they did anything that might even interest me. What is it? Well, I don't think I ought to be telling anybody this, Charlotte, but you're such a close friend. I know you won't let it get around. I overheard Bill Jefferson telling Fred Hayes this morning, right outside Fred's door, that Stumpy Jenkins is retiring. No, I heard Bill himself say it. New Stumpy was getting up in years, but I didn't... Oh, it might not be as simple as all that, Charlotte. Oh, that's right. I only asked a few simple questions about it, but it seemed to me that Bill was awfully evasive. You mean you think they might be forcing Stumpy out? I wouldn't want to be the one to say it, but he did say that he was afraid Stumpy wouldn't retire on his own. Well, what does that sound like to you? Terrible. Just terrible. A fine man like Stumpy Jenkins being forced out of work. Wait till my heard hears about this. Oh, I wouldn't tell anyone about it, Charlotte. I mean, I might be wrong, but I've only told you what I've heard. Don't worry, Amelia. Thanks very much for letting me in. I'm sure it will come as a shock to the whole town. A fine man like Stumpy... Stumpy? A fine man like Stumpy Jenkins? That's exactly what I told Amelia. It's shocking to think that Bill Jefferson is practically throwing him out. I always thought Bill was such a nice man. He was always straight with me. Maybe they've had some sort of disagreement. Can't think of any other reason. Of course, that would explain it. I'll get it, Herb. You just finish your dessert. Hello? Oh, hello, Bertha. No, we were just finishing. Oh, that's all right. What's that, tonight? Oh, yes, I'd forgotten. This is the night the town council is meeting. Yes, Herb plans on going. Is that it? Uh-huh. Well, sure I'd like to get together. I've got news to tell you. Oh, it can wait till I see you. Well, if I tell you what it's about, I'll have to tell you the whole thing. Oh, all right. It seems that over at the ranger station, Bill Jefferson and Stumpy Jenkins have had a fight. And because Bill is chief ranger over there, it seems that he's firing him. We don't know that for certain, Charlotte. Just a minute, dear. I'm on the phone. Oh, no, Bertha. Herb just shouted something to me. What's that? Of course it's true. Amelia Purdy heard the whole thing this morning herself. We'll talk more about it tonight, Bertha. I'll see you then. Uh-huh, thanks for calling, dear. Goodbye. Well, Ben, Charlotte, among yourselves, you'd think this was a lady's meeting. Well, I can see that I'm going to have to throw aside the rules and start with new business. I do that just because I can find out what it is that you're all talking about. We're talking about the shake-up over at the ranger station, Your Honor. We're wondering whether the town council ought to take any official action on the subject. Well, that's a good question. I can't even think of an answer for it. But maybe if one of you gentlemen would let me in on what this shake-up's all about, I could help us come to a decision. Well, Your Honor, it seems our wives have scooped us on this story. We've just been putting the pieces together. As near as we can figure it, Mrs. Purdy was walking by the ranger station this morning early and heard Bill Jefferson and Stumpy Jenkins really going at it. Going at it? Well, fighting is near as we can make out. I find that a little hard to believe. Well, so do we, except for the fact that Bill is making Stumpy retire from the rangers. That's all. That's right, Your Honor. I don't like to come right out and accuse Bill of anything. He's always been straight with me, but it sure sounds like he's pulling rank on the old timer. Has anyone actually talked to Bill or Stumpy about this? I saw Bill this morning, Your Honor. Was any of this mentioned? I wish I could remember exactly what happened. I never gave it a thought until I came here tonight. What do you mean, Brad? It seems to me that we did mention Stumpy's retiring. I can't remember what we said. And this was in a direct conversation with Bill. That's right. It's beginning to sound as though there's something to it. Of course there's something to it. There may be a lot of kidding about nosy wives, but our wives wouldn't deliberately start anything like this. Besides, Fred says that even Bill mentioned it. Seems to me we ought to put Bill in his place. I don't like him pulling rank on the old man and getting rid of him just because they've had a little fight. That's a weird idea. Gentlemen, gentlemen. You know, as I see it, we don't have any business meddling in ranger affairs. I know how y'all feel about Stumpy. I feel the same way, but I don't think it'll be wise to try to tell the rangers how to run their affairs.   But there may be other ways than coming right out and saying something to him about it. What do you have in mind, Your Honor? Well, we all like Stumpy a whole lot now, don't we? Sure do. Enough maybe to have a testimonial dinner for him? That's an idea. You see, if the whole town gets behind the idea that Stumpy is really a swell fellow, Bill can't help but see what a mistake he's making. Sounds like a good idea to me. As a matter of fact, we might even go a step further in pushing Bill to his senses. How are you going to do that, Your Honor? Why not have Bill? Because he's known Stumpy for so long. Why not have him give the main speech in the evening and praise the Stumpy? That's his porker. Good idea, Your Honor. As for the dinner of the main speaker, I... I so move. Agreed? I. I. Opposed? Carried. Herd and Fred, I'm appointing you a committee at two to make the necessary arrangements. Because we'll have to move fast to avert any action to get rid of Stumpy. Any plans you make will be okay with me, and no need to tag him. Greta Who, who's your sound chipper today, Stumpy? And why not? All week people seem to been going either way to be nice to me. Can't figure out why, but can't say a mind. Huh? You and Bill ought to get together. Maybe some of your cheer would rub off on him. Huh? Why? Oh, he was just in here. Seems to be feeling pretty low. Oh? What's the matter? Didn't say. You know how Bill is. He doesn't bother anybody with his problems, but I think it's the way people seem to be acting toward him. Have you noticed? Can't say I have. Where'd he go? I think he's gone over to Sam's for lunch. You could probably find him there. I think I will. Thanks, Henry. Stumpy Jenkins. How nice to see you. Well, hello, Mrs. Rogers. Nice day. Nicer now. There's something about your happy face that brightens the day. I didn't even know I was smiling. I don't know how Bill can do it. Huh? Oh, I know I'm not supposed to know about it, but the whole town does. No. About what? About your trouble with Bill. What are you talking about? I knew you'd be this way, but it's no good. We all know about your fight, and the awful way he's forcing you to retire from the Rangers. But you couldn't know... Oh dear, I've let the cat out of the bag, haven't I? I really must run along before I say any more. Just remember, Stumpy. We're all behind you. What's she talking about? Bill and me fight. Retire. You seem to be the only one who wants to, Stumpy. Sit down. Maybe you can explain this cold shoulder treatment I've been getting over the last couple of days. Even Sam hardly says more than to get my order. There are a couple of things that I've got puzzling me too. Maybe we could put them all together and make something out of it. Okay, shoot. Well, on the way over here just now, I ran into Mrs. Rogers. She said the strangest things about you and me fighting and making me retire from the Rangers and that the whole town was behind me in this. All I want to know is what's up. She said all that? That's right. Well, if such a thing were true, I could understand why the people of Naughty Pine would be down on me. But where would they get such an idea as that? Meets me. I can't remember having to fight with you since the ones we used to demonstrate for those life-saving courses. And as I remember, you always won. So it did! Hello, Stumpy. I thought I recognized your laugh. Oh, I didn't notice you were in here too, Bill. Shouldn't I be? Oh, nothing of the kind. But you were surprised. Like ours sitting here together was the last thing you expected. Sit down, Mayor. Stumpy and I have a few things to ask you. So, that's the whole story, Bill. Naturally, I was surprised to see you two eating and laughing together. It's unbelievable. How does a thing like that start? I am sure I can't tell you, Bill. I've told you the details just as they got to me, and I don't think I've added anything to them. Yeah, it's probably the whole thing right there. Somehow, somewhere, a comment, or something got started, and everybody added their bit. And look at the way it developed. Bill, I'm sorry to have had any part in this at all. I'll call a special meeting of the Town Council and cancel all plans for the dinner. I'll also make it very clear what I think of the whole rumor. Your Honor, if I may, I'd like to offer another suggestion. Well, whatever you say, Bill. If it's all right with you, let's go through with the dinner as planned. Go through with it? That's right. I'm sure most of Naughty Pine will turn out for it, including all the steps in the rumor. I don't know of a better way to get them all together at one time. Once you get them all together, what you gonna do? I'm supposed to be the main speaker, right? Yes, you are. Oh, I see. You can use the opportunity to set a few things straight. Exactly. That is, if Stumpy doesn't mind his testimonial dinner being used that way. Mind? I hope you'll have something for me to do in it. This is the best idea I've heard in a long time. Well, in that case, I won't say a thing to anyone.  Fine. Thank you, Your Honor. Oh, that's all right, Bill. As a matter of fact, I'm gonna have a hard time waiting to attend this dinner. Looks like it's gonna prove to be the most unusual dinner Naughty Pine City Council has ever sponsored. Looks like everyone's about Dumbville. Maybe we should start the proceedings, huh? Whenever you say, Mayor. I'll introduce you. Folks, when it came to choosing the man best suited to tell us what Stumpy Jenkins was really like — well, there wasn't any choice at all — he spends most of his days, most of the time, most of the year and knows him. Well, almost likely for one person. Of course, I'm referring to our speaker tonight, Chief Ranger Bill Jefferson. Thank you. Ever since the Mayor and I first spoke of this evening, I've been looking forward to it with a great deal of pleasure. In trying to decide what to do with the time allotted me this evening to best present what I feel Stumpy would once said, I hit on a game that we like to play. Now, I know this is a little unusual for an after-dinner speech, but I think its meaning will become clearer as we begin to play. This is one of Stumpy's favorite games, and maybe it'll become one of yours. I wonder if I could have three or four volunteers.  Well, if Stumpy will enjoy it, I'll participate. Good. Mrs. Purdy has volunteered her services. How about two or three more? It was one of Stumpy's favorite games. Come on. Fine, fine. Now maybe one more man, and we can begin the game. What kind of a game is it? Come on up, Ed. You can help us. Okay, why not? Good. Now I believe we're all ready to play. Stumpy, do you want to tell the rules? We're playing Tell Me a Story. Two. Well, I'll tell them. A bill there has got a picture or something. Now, one of you is going to take a long look at the picture, and then we'll put it away. Then the one who's looked at the picture tells one of the others what the picture is, and that one tells the next one, and so on, until the information has been passed to the last one. Then what? Then the last one tells what he's been told, and we take a look at the picture. That's when it gets pretty good. Seems sort of senseless to me. It'll take on all kinds of meaning before we're through her. Have you got a picture there, Bill? It is. We'll all have a chance to see it later. I've had it blown up from the newspaper photograph.  That's right, Mrs. Purdy. And then the Rogers. Then you went. Good. Now on, Mrs. Purdy, and nobody else look. Well, I'm beginning to see what this is all about. I thought you would, man. Okay, Mrs. Purdy, have you seen it long enough? Well, certainly. It's a simple enough photograph. Good. Now, we'll just put it face down here on the table, and you tell Mrs. Rogers what's in the picture. Whispers so we can't hear you. Where did you get the idea, Bill? I read about it somewhere, your honor. Certainly will come in to handle it live. That's fine. Now, you tell her what you've just been told, Mrs. Rogers. Well, all right, but I don't see the point of all this. You will be surprised. Go on now. They say, Bill, how much longer does this game go on? Only until the information has been passed all the way down the line. You done? Yes. Now, Herb, you tell Ed what you've just heard, and we'll be able to check the whole thing with the original picture. Well, I guess I might just as well finish it up. Whispers now. Everybody's wondering what's on the picture, Bill. Will you tell us? I'll let Ed tell everybody first. Then we'll take a look. The picture has been explained all the way down the line. All right. Now, Ed, suppose you tell us all what the picture has on it as it's come to you. Well, as I understand it, there's this poor beat-up store in a bad neighborhood. Oh, I didn't say that. Please, Mrs. Purdy, you'll wait just a minute. Go ahead, Ed. Well, this store must have been a pawn shop. It had a lot of junk in the window. There's a cop standing by the front door telling the owner that his place has been condemned. Anything else? That's about all I remember. Can we see the picture now? I'm afraid you're all in for a surprise. Hold up the picture, Stubby. Let Fred see it, too. That's a picture of my store. That's my ad in tonight's paper. Folks, I think what happened is rather easy to see. Possibly the word bargains on the windows suggested to one of these ladies that the goods inside are less than the best. This led to the store becoming run down as the tale was passed between the others. The sailor, pictured here, looking into the window, became a police officer condemning the building. By the time the picture had been told about down through those people, it wasn't anywhere near the same picture. Now, I know Fred wouldn't like his store to be thought of as a pawn shop in a poor section of town. The other day, another story finally made its way to us at the ranger station, one that had obviously been passed through many hands. It was a story about Stumpy and me, a story about how we fought and how I was going to fire him from the rangers. Now, just as this picture changed a little at a time, so I presume did this story change a little at a time. But it ended so far removed from truth it was almost impossible for us to believe. Oh, I think that's exactly right. For the last couple of days everybody in town has been more and usually nice to me and cold to bill. We couldn't figure out why. It may seem ridiculous to make such a fuss about a few harmless rumors, but when they can split at town and even turn a couple of close friends to wonder about each other, well, I don't call that harmless. Now, folks, I can't tell you what a nice feeling it gives me to think that all of you would come out tonight to a testimonial dinner for me. But it sure puts a chill into that warm feeling to think that there are folks who would spend their time putting together a story like that one about Bill and me. Well, that pretty much is what we have to say. We don't mean to ball anybody out. We're just glad it didn't do any more harm than it did. There was a missionary in India once who used to keep three questions in front of herself all the time. Maybe we could pass them on to you. They were, is it true? Is it kind? And is it necessary? I believe anyone would approve a conversation that passed those three tests. Well, as you can see, boys and girls, sometimes people can stir up more action inside their heads than a match in a dry forest. You remember that, won't you? Well, see you next week for more adventure with... Ranger! Ranger Bill was produced in the radio studios of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.


When you're under the bird, it's just complete chaos. It's just like standing under a hurricane. Once the bird comes over you, it's like the eye of a storm. Nice, cool, quiet feeling. As soon as the bird comes in or leaves, you're just on your own at that point. Once the bird hovers over us, we have a few Marines. We have a static, hookman, safety. What the safety does is just make sure his routine is good under the bird. One of the most important jobs is the static. He's got to do his ground out slings before the other Marines are touching him because if he doesn't, they'll get shot. The hookman will come in, hook up the load. As the bird lifts up, as soon as they get tight, they just get out of there. Every external lift is a different story. There's a lot of dangers that can happen. Our Marines would just love to get under the bird, get more proficient in their MOS and just be careful to work. No matter what happens, we'll still get the job done.