Ohio Defense Force

The Ohio Defense Force is a right-wing Militia [organizations in the United States|privately organized militia] in the state of Ohio. The Ohio Defense Force is not a part of the US Military, the Ohio National Guard, nor Ohio's similarly named State Defense Force. Rather, it is organized, led, and staffed by private citizens. The Southern [Poverty Law Center] lists the Ohio Defense Force as an anti-governmental organization.
The Ohio Defense Force, originally named the Southeastern Ohio Defense Force, was founded in 1989 as a non-profit corporation. In 2004, the organization decided to expand statewide and was renamed the Ohio Defense Force. TIME journalists conducted extensive interviews with members of the group during a training exercise in their piece "The Secret World of Extreme Militias".