Ohio National Guard sending specific units to DC at federal request
From CNN’s Amanda Watts
The Ohio National Guard is sending over 700 members to the nation s Capital that have “some very specific capabilities,” Major General John Harris said during a Thursday news conference.
Harris said Ohio has the “fifth largest National Guard the country,” and they are sending specific units that were requested by the federal government.
“We ve sent a very specialized unit called our Homeland Response Force and that unit has the capability to not only provide security, but also they do what s called consequence management so if there were a major event there, this unit can do very high level, high skilled search and rescue, both from confined spaces and high angle search and rescue,” he said. “But also, they can do it in a chemical, biological, nuclear environment so this is a precaution that s been requested by the folks here in the National Capitol Region, and the go
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