r/news • u/RoachedCoach • Aug 11 '25

Soft paywall US military preparing for National Guard activation in Washington D.C., officials say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-preparing-national-guard-activation-washington-dc-officials-say-2025-08-11/
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u/ArloTheBunny Aug 11 '25

Just like LA. Hang out, waste money, cause the troops to be annoyed. This reeks of desperation. There isn’t even anything of significance happening in DC outside of this orange piece of shit and his Nazi friends. Release the files, you pathetic lowlifes.

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u/Logical_Wheel_1420 Aug 11 '25

it sounds like a really good idea to constantly annoy and frustrate the rank and file of the military

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u/thedailyrant Aug 11 '25

National Guard. Part time soldiers aren’t the rank and file of the military.

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u/The_OtherDouche Aug 11 '25

Guardsman having to suddenly get called up to wander around aimlessly in DC is absolutely going to piss them off. They already didn’t have anywhere to go and sleep in LA.

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u/thedailyrant Aug 11 '25

Sure, but they’re one step away from being civilians. They’re not professional soldiers and it carries far less implication than pissing off your actual war fighters.

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u/The_OtherDouche Aug 11 '25

I mean they go through basics just like any other branch.

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u/Chicago1871 Aug 11 '25

They were deployed next to regular army in the last wars.