STAAR Cali Forbes here just to put out a refresher a reminder as we come into this new political season now this is the first election in four years that means we have a lot of new soldiers and with the new amount of soldiers are flowing in we want to remind people about the Hatch Act the Hatch Act is here to protect you just as much as it's to protect the National Guard as a whole the Hatch Act lays out some big dos and some don'ts the top two do not do not endorse any political parties that can sway the people who also follow you online or just in life in general do not reshare repost or comment on any type of post that endorses a certain political party over another one what you can do is outside of endorsements if you want to State your opinion you have to make sure and clarify that your opinion does not reflect the views of the West Virginia National Guard no matter what we're really proud of your service but always be cognizant of what you are posting sharing and commenting on because it is always