Category: National Guard

Idaho Governor Reactivates National Guard to Assist Hospitals Amid COVID-19 Surge

Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced on Tuesday that has reactivated the National Guard and has directed up to 370 additional personnel to support state hospitals amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state. The Republican governor said in a news release on Tuesday that just four intensive care unit beds out of nearly 400…


Philadelphia Mayor Rejects Calls for National Guard Amid Surge in Murders

Philadelphia’s mayor will not try to bring in the National Guard to help deal with rising crime in the city. “The National Guard is traditionally not an urban police department. We used the National Guard in the civil unrest period to secure areas that needed to be secured from looting and burning, and it freed up…


Oregon Governor Sends up to 1,500 National Guardsmen to Aid Hospitals Amid CCP Virus Surge

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday deployed up to 1,500 National Guard troops to support the state’s hospitals facing a surge in hospitalizations amid an outbreak of the CCP virus. An initial deployment of 500 troops will take place on Aug. 20 to assist hospitals around the state with logistics, handling materials and equipment, administering…


Pentagon Offered National Guard Troops 2 Days Before Jan. 6, Former Chief of Staff Confirms

The Pentagon offered National Guard troops two days before the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol building, but that proposal was rejected, former chief of staff Kash Patel has confirmed. In an episode of EpochTV’s “Kash’s Corner,” Patel, who served as chief of staff to the Acting United States Secretary of Defense under former President Donald Trump,…


Urban Blood Baths: Call in the National Guard

Commentary One hundred and four Americans were shot, adults and children, 19 killed, during the Fourth of July weekend in Chicago. Two police officers were shot, bringing the 2021 total to 33 officers shot so far. On the same weekend, in cities across America, 450 people were shot, 150 killed. The major 2021 upsurge in…


Deep Dive (May 24): National Guard Leaves Nation’s Capital After 137 Days

National Guard troops are departing the nation’s capitol. Those deployed to protect the district began the process of leaving Washington on Sunday. Retired Lieutenant General Russel Honoré said the mission of securing the capitol has been accomplished—137 days after the events of Jan. 6. Infrastructure is still a hotly debated topic on Capitol Hill. President…


Wisconsin National Guard Member, Associate, Charged in Relation to US Capitol Breach

A soldier of the Wisconsin National Guard and his friend were taken into custody for allegedly taking part in the U.S. Capitol breach earlier this year, federal officials said. Abram Markofski was arrested on Monday and is facing four charges in relation to the protests, the Department of Justice said in a statement. Markofski allegedly…


Democrat Senators Urge Biden to Reimburse Arizona for National Guard Troops at Border

Two Democrat senators on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to reimburse their state for sending National Guard personnel to the border to help deal with the immigration crisis. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, announced this week he is sending up to 250 Guardsmen to the border to deal with the surge in illegal…


Out of Sight but Center Stage, Jurors Weigh Chauvin’s Fate

MINNEAPOLIS—The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death moved into the spotlight Tuesday, still out of sight but now in control of verdicts awaited by a skittish city. The jury of six white people and six people who are black or multiracial…


Illinois Gov. Deploys 125 National Guard Troops to Chicago Ahead of Chauvin Verdict

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday authorized the deployment of the Illinois National Guard to Chicago ahead of the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who faces second-degree murder and other charges over the May 2020 death of George Floyd. Following a request made by Mayor Lori Lightfoot “out of…