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Jbraybarten

(121 posts)
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 09:19 AM Oct 30

The Post is reporting that more troops are being prepared to send to cities. [View all]

"Civil unrest" aka not being a supporter of donnie.

The total size of the force will be 23,500 troops across all 50 states and three territories, excluding the District of Columbia, the documents say. Most states will supply 500 personnel for the reaction force, with the rest falling between 250 and 450. Those forces are typically used for emergencies like disaster relief, not on call troops for civil unrest.



[link: _ Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens|https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/30/pentagon-national-guard-quick-reaction-force/]
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