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We depend heavily on the Ohio National Guard. Their official responsibilities include responding to domestic emergencies, overseas combat missions, reconstruction missions and more. But Ohio's National Guard is facing challenges, as evidenced by just one brigade having two soldiers arrested on separate domestic terrorism charges. That prompted news outlet military.com to ask whether there were leadership problems or welfare issues for the troops within that brigade. To find out more, military.com filed Freedom of Information Act requests for documents spanning four years. The intent was to look at the results of command climate surveys.
"No documents were found that would be responsive to your request," Chief Warrant Officer Four Janet Blain, the state's FOIA manager, told military.com.
These are congressionally mandated surveys meant to assess command's performance and the culture of the unit. Maj. Gen. John Harris Jr. oversees the 37th. According to military.com, Harris has received a public scolding from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine but will be allowed to keep his job. It sounds as though something is broken at the top of that brigade.