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Repeated National Guard missions in DC trigger frustration, denials
Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
 

WASHINGTON — Three months after more than 25,000 National Guard troops poured into the nation’s capital to secure President Joe Biden’s inauguration, Defense Department and Guard officials are losing patience and are denying some of the city’s recurring requests for troops to protect D.C.

According to defense officials, the Army on Monday approved only about a quarter of the Guard troops requested by city officials to provide security in case of unrest after the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. The D.C. National Guard confirmed that acting Army Secretary John Whitley has approved the deployment of 250 troops, but officials said the city’s initial request was for as many as 1,000.

Whitley’s decision came after days of debate and discussion over the city’s April 8 request that sought six teams to monitor Metro stops, Guard members to staff 30 traffic checkpoints, and a quick reaction force “of at least 300 guardsmen to be staged at the D.C. Armory with the ability to respond within thirty (30) minutes to a request for assistance.”

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/04/19/repeated-national-guard-missions-in-dc-trigger-frustration-denials/

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Re: Repeated National Guard missions in DC trigger frustration, denials
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2021, 03:40:24 pm »
Who can blame them? They didn't sign up to become full-time soldiers,and lose their jobs,their homes,and be away from their families for months at a time.
Anyone who isn't paranoid in 2021 just isn't thinking clearly!

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Re: Repeated National Guard missions in DC trigger frustration, denials
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2021, 07:41:06 pm »
Who can blame them? They didn't sign up to become full-time soldiers,and lose their jobs,their homes,and be away from their families for months at a time.
And they sure as hell didn't sign up to be propaganda prop for the communists.

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Re: Repeated National Guard missions in DC trigger frustration, denials
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2021, 10:26:45 pm »
GT wrote:
"And they sure as hell didn't sign up to be propaganda prop for the communists."

That's what this is REALLY about -- to show the citizen comrades that they (the DCP) have control and obedience of the military, which should not be challenged.

(DCP = democrat-communist party)