She said, 'We need truck drivers and National Guard,' ... I'll get moving on it.

Mek sat in the cab, doing some self-maintenance work. Instead of a verbal reply, I got a text message: SYLVATRONICS INDUSTRIAL UNIT A023 PROCESSING AN REINTEGRATION WILL BE COMPLETE IN 57 SECONDS. VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ABOUT 65 SECONDS.

Oh well, I've caught rookie driving partners in the middle of all sorts of things. At least with robots you don't have to guess.

and we're going to lend our trucks and truck drivers to take some product down there.

You want to talk about scarcity. There are no more truck drivers.

Our national security is at risk when we rely on foreign oil to keep our economy moving forward.

Oregonians aren't the only ones who recognize the extraordinary service and sacrifice of their state's National Guard.