OHIO — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has returned home after his overseas deployment.
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News Center 7 previously reported that LaRose was activated for duty with the Ohio National Guard in March.
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LaRose shared in a social media post that he was “grateful to be back home in Ohio.”
He is a U.S. Army Reservist and a decorated Green Beret.
The Northeast Ohio native returned home after a decade in service, WCPO-9 reported.
LaRose was elected to the Ohio Senate and became Secretary of State in 2018.
He rejoined the Army as a reservist in 2021.
At the time, he said, “Being a soldier is part of who I am.”
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