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The Washington, DC, National Guard sent an email to city leaders asking for suggestions for 'beautification' projects in which they might lend a hand.
For the second time in about a decade, the 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Washington state is being ordered to get faster and lighter.
Memphis Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, has said he does not support National Guard troops being deployed to the city despite President Donald Trump telling Fox News on Friday that the mayor did.
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WCMH Columbus on MSNDeWine extends National Guard to Washington, D.C.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has extended the Ohio National Guard’s mission to Washington, D.C. for more than two more months. In a press release on Wednesday, the governor’s office said it agreed to a request from the Secretary of the Army to keep Ohio guardsmen in Washington until Nov.
President Trump announced in that the federal government is planning to surge federal forces, National Guard and even "the military, too," if needed into Memphis.
Meanwhile, the unique status of the District of Columbia National Guard — Trump is its commander in chief — means he has been able to use it for everything from armed patrols to trash cleanup without any legal issues. Because it is on state and not federal orders, legal restrictions on law enforcement don’t come into effect.
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Memphis mayor says he got confirmation National Guard would be deployed from Trump's TV comments
Memphis' mayor said Saturday that President Donald Trump's TV announcement the day before was the first hard confirmation he received that the National Guard would be sent to the city an anti-crime mission.
Ohio National Guard extends its security mission in Washington, D.C. until November, as stated by Governor DeWine.
Thousands of Washington Army National Guard members did not take part in last weekend’s drill, a money-saving move that appears precipitated in part by the Trump administration clawing back funds to pay for the National Guard deployment in Washington,