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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPentagon Readying Thousands of Guard 'Reaction Forces'
https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/30/pentagon-readying-thousands-of-guard-reaction-forces/
Pentagon Readying Thousands of Guard Reaction Forces
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
The Pentagon has ordered thousands of specialized National Guard personnel to complete civil unrest mission training over the next several months, an indication that the Trump administrations effort to send uniformed military forces into urban centers once reserved for extraordinary emergencies could become the norm, the Washington Post reports.
The Defense Departments newly established quick reaction force within the National Guard must be trained, equipped with riot-control gear and ready for deployment by Jan. 1.
An existing separate but similar structure, the National Guard Reaction Force, is expected to complete civil unrest training and be fully operational by April 1. The total size of the force will be 23,500 troops across all 50 states and three territories, excluding the District of Columbia.
The Defense Departments newly established quick reaction force within the National Guard must be trained, equipped with riot-control gear and ready for deployment by Jan. 1.
An existing separate but similar structure, the National Guard Reaction Force, is expected to complete civil unrest training and be fully operational by April 1. The total size of the force will be 23,500 troops across all 50 states and three territories, excluding the District of Columbia.
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babylonsister
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muriel_volestrangler
(105,102 posts)1. They "react" to the ketchup hitting the wall.
Each time the Rapist throws a tantrum about a Democratic city, or gets angry at the number of people demanding the Epstein files be released in full, these poor suckers have to "react" by doing bad 'Starship Troopers' cosplay.
gab13by13
(30,321 posts)2. Here's the deal,
There is a law prohibiting sending in the military during an election.
The work around this is to already have the military on the ground, in the states.
Baitball Blogger
(51,325 posts)3. The Supreme Court and/or Congress could stop this.
Bookreadingliberal53
(120 posts)4. They must be expecting riots over SNAP benefits being suspended
I wonder if some have no idea that they are not coming in November
Irish_Dem
(77,043 posts)5. The US military is lining up with the traitor fascist king.
What does that make them?
IronLionZion
(50,221 posts)6. People who oppose anti-fascism
are fascists.
1930s Germany was all about making some folks feel superior and powerful by stepping on others.
Irish_Dem
(77,043 posts)7. We are time traveling back to 1930s Germany.
IronLionZion
(50,221 posts)8. Maybe he likes Middle Eastern style military dictatorships
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_dictatorship#Arab_world
He can dress up like Muammar Gaddafi and award lots of medals to himself.
He can dress up like Muammar Gaddafi and award lots of medals to himself.