1 00:00:00,238 --> 00:00:03,405 (upbeat techno music) 2 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:08,100 - In the state of Ohio, our Guard members 3 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:11,410 are at law enforcement agencies doing criminal analysis, 4 00:00:11,410 --> 00:00:12,830 as well as civil operators, 5 00:00:12,830 --> 00:00:16,330 who support community-based organizations across the state. 6 00:00:16,330 --> 00:00:17,710 We have about about 40 folks 7 00:00:17,710 --> 00:00:19,730 participating in these activities. 8 00:00:19,730 --> 00:00:21,950 The majority of them are doing criminal analysis 9 00:00:21,950 --> 00:00:22,820 with law enforcement, 10 00:00:22,820 --> 00:00:24,330 and those are the folks that we're gonna see 11 00:00:24,330 --> 00:00:25,443 and talk about today. 12 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:27,960 - We have people sitting at federal, state, 13 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,430 and local throughout the state. 14 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:31,850 So you have that network you can build on. 15 00:00:31,850 --> 00:00:35,030 I think the rest just goes to the initiative 16 00:00:35,030 --> 00:00:37,130 that's driven into us, or the ability, again, 17 00:00:37,130 --> 00:00:38,670 to work with what we got, 18 00:00:38,670 --> 00:00:40,540 and kind of not be afraid to reach out. 19 00:00:40,540 --> 00:00:42,070 Reach across, reach up, reach down, 20 00:00:42,070 --> 00:00:44,243 whatever we gotta do to accomplish the mission. 21 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:48,210 - I didn't know a whole lot about the program 22 00:00:48,210 --> 00:00:49,340 when I first joined the Guard. 23 00:00:49,340 --> 00:00:52,060 But as I met more and more people that had either 24 00:00:52,060 --> 00:00:54,650 met counter-drug analysts, or had been on the program, 25 00:00:54,650 --> 00:00:56,610 it seemed like they really enjoy their job. 26 00:00:56,610 --> 00:00:58,870 And I can say the same, I mean, I was lucky 27 00:00:58,870 --> 00:01:01,420 to get hired on here and I've really enjoyed it so far, 28 00:01:01,420 --> 00:01:04,590 because it's such a diverse workload. 29 00:01:04,590 --> 00:01:06,450 It could be something where we're helping 30 00:01:06,450 --> 00:01:08,580 with a longer-term case, so you build a relationship 31 00:01:08,580 --> 00:01:10,820 with agents and the stuff that they need, 32 00:01:10,820 --> 00:01:12,970 but it's also gratifying when you have these 33 00:01:12,970 --> 00:01:16,523 short-term projects that you can help with the community. 34 00:01:16,523 --> 00:01:19,190 - I think the most important thing to know about our program 35 00:01:19,190 --> 00:01:22,260 is that this fight in Ohio, the fight on drugs, 36 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:23,810 it can be a war zone, 37 00:01:23,810 --> 00:01:26,520 and we kind of look at it that way 38 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,630 and the National Guard is able to provide analysts 39 00:01:29,630 --> 00:01:32,000 and personnel to fight this fight. 40 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,230 We have some extremely energetic, some innovative, 41 00:01:35,230 --> 00:01:37,990 some free-thinking and outside-of-the-box folks 42 00:01:37,990 --> 00:01:41,820 that are truly able to go into an agency with no agenda 43 00:01:41,820 --> 00:01:45,430 and provide support that wasn't there before, 44 00:01:45,430 --> 00:01:48,090 provide ideas that maybe weren't there before. 45 00:01:48,090 --> 00:01:50,390 Provide an education background, 46 00:01:50,390 --> 00:01:53,120 skillsets that maybe they gained in the military, 47 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,120 or maybe they gained in their education. 48 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,530 But they're bringing these skills to these agencies 49 00:01:57,530 --> 00:01:59,260 to fight a fight for Ohio, 50 00:01:59,260 --> 00:02:02,060 and to help the citizens of Ohio and to help save lives.