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Adjutant General James O. Eifert was in on the planning stages of the launching of the Florida State Guard before retiring in April.

Early last summer, complaining that Washington had failed to provide adequate staffing for Florida’s National Guard, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that for the first time in 75 years he was activating the State Guard, a force of volunteers that could respond to hurricanes and other public emergencies. But the deployment this spring has been mired in internal turmoil, with some recruits complaining that what was supposed to be a civilian disaster response organization had become heavily militarized

Early last summer, complaining that Washington had failed to provide adequate staffing for Florida’s National Guard, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that for the first time in 75 years he was activating the State Guard, a force of volunteers that could respond to hurricanes and other public emergencies. But the deployment this spring has been mired in internal turmoil, with some recruits complaining that what was supposed to be a civilian disaster response organization had become heavily militarized

Some who volunteered for the force commissioned by Gov. Ron DeSantis said the group, billed as a natural disaster relief organization, had become too militarized.

Interrupted, that members are getting out their gas masks, and she is incredulous about what is happening. and, there they are, they are trying to summon resources to help rescue those of us that are in the capital. they're calling the virginia governor, and those state guards, and those guards coming in, and talking about the head of the police in the washington d. c.. they're doing everything they can. but the democratic leadership, republican leadership, all while donald trump is sitting in the white house dining room. watching it unfold, on tv, doing nothing, doing absolutely nothing. that...