HURRICANE MILTON: DeWine Activates Guard for Florida Duty
October 8, 2024 9:25AM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – As requested by Florida’s governor, Governor Mike DeWine has activated a team of over three dozen Ohio National Guard members, sending them to the Sunshine State.
The 40 airmen are part of the Air National Guard’s Redhorse civil engineering squadron based in Port Clinton.
The airmen can make heavy damage repairs and help clean up storm debris from public property.
They are in Florida ahead of the storm’s landfall.