Coverage of the Ohio National Guard 2021 Year in Review looking at the top news stories and organizational accomplishments of the past year, including the second year providing support during the COVID-19 pandemic while balancing federal deployments and domestic missions along with developing cybersecurity capabilities and celebrating the continuation of key strategic partnerships.
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The Washington Post reports far-right online forums have talked about planning the “armed march” and Columbus was specifically mentioned. State officials decline to discuss specific preparations but Attorney General Dave Yost says his office is aware of it. Stephanie Beougher with the Ohio National Guard says the organization has not been contacted to provide security yet.
“While the Ohio National Guard certainly has open lines of communication with local and state partners should they need assistance, at the current time the Ohio National Guard does not have a request for any kind of support, Beougher says.
The Ohio Highway Patrol, which provides security for the Statehouse, isn’t talking about the situation.