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Ohio National Guard and Ohio State

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Defense Force service members have

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wrapped up their covid 19 response

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mission as the number of positive cases

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continued to drop across Ohio . These

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service members were part of the over

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2000 Ohio National Guard soldiers and

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airmen activated by Ohio governor Mike

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dewine last december to help relieve

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hospitals and healthcare facilities

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throughout the state . And we thank the

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members of the Ohio National Guard for

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your tireless efforts . During the

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pandemic . Our guard members responded

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to every call when asked during the

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pandemic preventing a crisis in care .

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During the recent a micron surge , the

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soldiers and airmen deployed to 62

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hospitals and served at 18 covid 19

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testing sites across the state . It was

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very important because obviously in the

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emergency department you need uh fast

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timely managed things . So I was

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helping with the environmental group .

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So I was cleaning the rooms , helping

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with some of the trauma that was going

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on but it definitely relieved a lot of

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stress from both the um environmental

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group and both the nurses when it comes

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to serving in the military missions and

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deployments often come with ribbons and

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recognition . But for many of the

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service members being able to serve

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their community was its own reward .

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It's really special , serving local

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is , it really brought it home just

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knowing , you know , I'm serving other

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people that live around me but also ,

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you know , my friends , family members

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and it kind of brought it home for me .

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So it was really cool impact reporting

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from columbus . I'm army Staff Sergeant

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Ivan Santiago