{"id":109317,"date":"2021-01-12T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=109317"},"modified":"2021-01-11T22:34:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T03:34:47","slug":"natl-guard-deploying-to-dc-for-inauguration-sending-more-troops-than-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-combined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=109317","title":{"rendered":"Natl Guard deploying to DC for inauguration, Sending more troops than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/03122019-US-Capitol-reduced.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-109123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/03122019-US-Capitol-reduced-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/03122019-US-Capitol-reduced-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/03122019-US-Capitol-reduced-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/03122019-US-Capitol-reduced-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/03122019-US-Capitol-reduced.jpg 1885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeff LPH 3 sent in this story. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/01\/11\/national-guard-inauguration-deployment-twice-as-large-as-troop-levels-in-afghanistan-and-iraq-combined\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military Times<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Defense Department has authorized as many as 15,000 troops to be deployed to Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>National Guard Bureau chief Gen. Daniel Hokanson said that there will initially be a deployment of 10,000 troops \u2014 an increase of about 4,000 from those in D.C. now.<\/p>\n<p>That figure is twice the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now we have 10,000 inbound and we\u2019re authorized to go to [15,000],\u201d said the NGB chief. The troops will assist District and federal agencies with \u201csecurity, logistics, communications, and liaison missions,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now get this tidbit;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Asked whether the Guard was taking special measures to screen the deploying troops \u2014 many of whom are already on their way to D.C. \u2014 for extremist ties, Hokanson said he was \u201cnot aware of that at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, who served as an Army officer in the 75th Ranger Regiment, had pressed Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to direct a \u201c[Criminal Investigative Division] review of troops deployed for the inauguration to ensure that deployed members are not sympathetic to domestic terrorists.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For some reason, Military Times leaves out the customary notation about political affiliation on the Representative. Which is strange as he blanketly casts doubt on the loyalties of the citizen soldiers coming to protect him. I did the Googling so you can save yourself the time. Congressman Crow is a Democrat. You&#8217;ll perhaps remember Crow as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=109130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the real heroes<\/a> of the day last week.<\/p>\n<p>How far away from loyalty oaths are we? Since last week, voting for Trump is an &#8220;extremist tie.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff LPH 3 sent in this story. According to Military Times, The Defense Department has authorized &hellip; <a title=\"Natl Guard deploying to DC for inauguration, Sending more troops than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=109317\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Natl Guard deploying to DC for inauguration, Sending more troops than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213,84,208,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-your-tax-dollars-at-work","category-military-issues","category-national-guard","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109318,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109317\/revisions\/109318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}