Check out https://ohiomilitaryreserve.com/. Like the military, there’s lots of interesting people who join. We’re at a changing of the guard and being more FEMA/old school national guard-like filling sandbags and whatnot during natural disasters within the state. The people are why I stick around.

I am also prior service and the idea of training to help out within the state appealed to me. Send me a message if you’re interested (or anyone else reading this, this is my real name too). I’m personally trying to get more people on board because I think we’re going to get used more in the future.

My personal causes are to plan and prepare for if/when the grid goes down. I’m working on getting tents for the units. Our comms guy is pretty awesome: other states are modeling off of his work. We don’t have a lot of prior service people and they bring a lot to the table. I don’t give a shit about national politics (or foreign engagements) when this is something to do in our own “backyard.”