Retired Army Col. and U.S. Congressional candidate Adam Miller was interviewed by Columbus, Ohio’s NBC4 regarding the federal deployment of the Ohio National Guard for policing duties in Washington D.C.
“We seem to have skipped the first step and gone right to the end, and that’s political theater that we don’t need,” Miller told Channel 4. “I’d like to see the governor work with the administration to modify the order and see if we can’t pull it back before they leave.”
Miller said sending in Ohio National Guard troops to provide security or law enforcement is “like sending a cook in to call plays for Ohio State football.” He also worries that the National Guard troops being deployed will miss the critical education and training they already have scheduled.
“You’re making it impossible for them to get promotions, to get their MOS, to get their civilian school done,” he said. “So you’re really impacting the soldier. We mobilize units as the exception, not the rule. We see pictures of the other states buying Starbucks on the National Mall and eating snow cones. I don’t serve in the National Guard to eat snow cones on the National Mall.”
Source: NBC4 Columbus