Troops guarding the Capitol have cots and food, National Guard says
The assurances follow the publication of images showing National Guard troops sleeping on the bare floor of the Capitol.
By Susan Katz Keating
Updated: January 17, 2021 - 10:40pm
The National Guard over the weekend publicized its efforts to feed and house the extraordinary number of troops that have streamed into Washington, D.C. from around the country to support the presidential inauguration.
"Moving 25,000 Soldiers and Airmen to D.C. from each of the states and territories in less than a week is unprecedented," said Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau. The troops have been given "proper lodging," he said, and are being fed three meals a day. As if to underscore that message, the Guard on Saturday released photographs of military cots and sleeping pads awaiting the soldiers, along with images of troops collecting their meal boxes.
The new photographs and assurances follow the recent publication of images showing National Guard members sleeping on the bare floor of the U.S. Capitol. In those images by civilian photographers, troops slept alongside their weapons while curled up beneath statues, or while sprawled out and using their packs for pillows.
The images prompted two lawmakers on Thursday to approach the Pentagon for help.
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