(8-17-25) Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered 150 National Guard members to support the District of Columbia National Guard, as states across the country send troops to the nation’s capital.
DeWine said in an Aug. 16 statement
“We have been asked by the Secretary of the Army to send 150 military police from the Ohio National Guard to support the District of Columbia National Guard.
These Ohio National Guard members will carry out presence patrols and serve as added security,” he said. “None of these military police members are currently serving as law enforcement officers in the state of Ohio.”
The deployment comes in joint movements, including West Virginia and South Carolina, also are also sending National Guard members to the nation’s capital.
Not everyone is in support of helping out in DC-
The New Mexico National Guard is in Albuquerque to help counter what officials have called a surge in crime, the state’s Guard troops were ordered in by the Democratic governor.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s state of emergency order issued for Rio Arriba County, the city of Española and area pueblos, was made at the request of the local governments
And last week the governor declared a state of emergency in other parts of the state, which gives her the discretion to mobilize more troops.
Mercer County Outlook 