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Pentagon drawing up quick reaction force of National Guard ready to quell civil unrest at any moment: report
Troops would be stationed at military bases in Alabama and Arizona under new 'reaction force' plan
By Morgan Phillips Fox News
Published August 12, 2025 1:44pm EDT
The Pentagon is reportedly drawing up plans for a "reaction force" of hundreds of National Guard members who would be ready to deploy at any moment to help quell civil unrest.
The plan, reported by the Washington Post, for a "Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force" calls for 600 troops on standby at all times, ready to deploy in as little as one hour, The troops would reportedly be split into two groups of 300, stationed at military bases in Alabama and Arizona.
The documents, reportedly prepared for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by policy chief Elbridge Colby, outline a "predecisional" idea.
"The Department of Defense is a planning organization and routinely reviews how the department would respond to a variety of contingencies across the globe," a defense official told Fox News Digital. " We will not discuss these plans through leaked documents, pre-decisional or otherwise."
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