Pentagon Readies Civil Unrest Forces

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Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens​

Up to 23,500 troops across the country are being readied and trained for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.

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nycfan said:

Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens​

Up to 23,500 troops across the country are being readied and trained for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.

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“… The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard must be trained, equipped with riot-control gear and ready for deployment by Jan. 1, according to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post. The 200 troops will be drawn from National Guard personnel whose primary focus is responding to disasters like nuclear accidents and terrorist attacks, the documents said.

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 documents say. Most states will supply 500 personnel for the reaction force, with the rest falling between 250 and 450….”
 
“… Trump has … claimed unfettered authority to deploy military personnel onto American soil, including active duty troops, which by law are prohibited from performing law enforcement duties except in extreme cases or if the president invokes the Insurrection Act.

… Trump told assembled service members in Japan on Tuesday [:] “And we’re sending in our National Guard, and if we need more than the National Guard, we’ll send more than the National Guard, because we’re going to have safe cities.”

Trump later built on his comments, telling reporters: “The courts wouldn’t get involved. Nobody would get involved. And I could send the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines. I could send anybody I wanted.”

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Trump administration and Illinois officials for additional briefs on their dispute over whether the president can send troops to Chicago, pushing a decision on the matter into mid-November at the earliest.

That follows a federal appeals court that said Tuesday it would take a second look at whether Trump can send National Guard troops to Portland, tossing out a ruling last week from a three-judge panel that had authorized the deployment….”
 
nycfan said:

Pentagon Orders National Guard to Establish Quick-Reaction Forces for Civil Unrest, Riots​

Move comes after Trump ordered expansion of military units for responding to domestic disorder​


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“…Retired Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner, a former senior Guard commander, said the creation of dedicated units for crowd control diverts the Guard from its primary mission to prepare for overseas combat and risks blurring the military’s traditional separation from domestic politics.

“There is no need for this. No mission requires this,” he said. “Every American, I don’t care what state you’re from, should understand this isn’t what we signed up for.”

… The National Guard Bureau, the Pentagon office that oversees state Guard organizations, will train and equip the units in “civil disturbance operations,” providing each with “100 sets of crowd control equipment,” according to one of the memos.

Soldiers will be equipped with face and body shields, expandable riot batons, and shin guards for “Crowd Control/Detainee Ops” and “Hasty Checkpoint Ops,” another said.

The “quick reaction” forces in all 50 states as well as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico will be “prepared to deploy with 25% of the force in hours, 50% of the force in 12 hours and 100% of the force in 24 hours,” it said….”
 
nycfan said:
“…Retired Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner, a former senior Guard commander, said the creation of dedicated units for crowd control diverts the Guard from its primary mission to prepare for overseas combat and risks blurring the military’s traditional separation from domestic politics.

“There is no need for this. No mission requires this,” he said. “Every American, I don’t care what state you’re from, should understand this isn’t what we signed up for.”

… The National Guard Bureau, the Pentagon office that oversees state Guard organizations, will train and equip the units in “civil disturbance operations,” providing each with “100 sets of crowd control equipment,” according to one of the memos.

Soldiers will be equipped with face and body shields, expandable riot batons, and shin guards for “Crowd Control/Detainee Ops” and “Hasty Checkpoint Ops,” another said.

The “quick reaction” forces in all 50 states as well as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico will be “prepared to deploy with 25% of the force in hours, 50% of the force in 12 hours and 100% of the force in 24 hours,” it said….”
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Feels like Trump wants to make the NG his jack booted brown shirts. I guess his ICE crew was insufficient in numbers ?

And people deride those who dare compare Trump to Hitler...
 
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🎁 —> Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
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“… Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest.

It is an ominous marker of the nation’s polarization, to which the Trump administration has itself contributed, that some of those top public servants have felt a need to separate themselves from the public.

These civilian officials can now depend on the U.S. military to augment their personal security. But so many have made the move that they are now straining the availability of housing for the nation’s top uniformed officers.…”
 
nycfan said:
“… Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest.

It is an ominous marker of the nation’s polarization, to which the Trump administration has itself contributed, that some of those top public servants have felt a need to separate themselves from the public.

These civilian officials can now depend on the U.S. military to augment their personal security. But so many have made the move that they are now straining the availability of housing for the nation’s top uniformed officers.…”
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“… Another senior White House official, whom The Atlantic is not naming because of security concerns related to a specific foreign threat, also vacated a private home for a military installation after Kirk’s murder. In that case, security officials urged the official to relocate to military housing, according to people briefed on the move, who like many others who spoke with us for this story were not authorized to do so publicly. So many senior officials have requested housing that some are now encountering a familiar D.C. problem: inadequate supply.

When Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s team inquired earlier in Donald Trump’s second term about her moving onto McNair, it didn’t work out for space reasons, a former official told us.

There are scattered examples from previous administrations of Cabinet members residing on bases. Both Robert Gates, defense secretary under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and Jim Mattis, Trump’s first Pentagon chief, lived in Navy housing at the Potomac Hill annex, a secure compound near the State Department. Mike Pompeo, CIA director and secretary of state during Trump’s first term, lived at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. The grand homes they occupied, some of which date back more than a century, offer officials an additional layer of security and ample space for official entertaining.…”
 
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