'Not people who typically serve on front lines': Troops guarding Capitol include cooks, mechanics
"Carrying old weapons, under-trained soldiers whose primary missions include cooking and supply are now standing around ammo-less for some show of force," said retired Army Major John Wagner.
By Susan Katz Keating
Updated: March 9, 2021 - 11:21pm
National Guard troops who are assigned to protect the nation's capital include a large contingent of soldiers whose military jobs are to cook, drive, or change tires for their units, according to social media posts from officials.
Approximately 5,000 National Guard troops remain in Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol, wherein local officials sought help from the National Guard. The mobilized troops are from around the country, and belong to units that have been placed under federal control.
The National Guard Bureau, which administers operations of the individual state guards, did not respond to a request for information on the types of troops that have been mobilized to D.C. Photographs and social media posts from the D.C. National Guard, however, show that while some soldiers are military police or infantry, a large number are non-police, non-combat troops.
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