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Pentagon expected to OK National Guard for DC truck convoys

A U.S. official says the Pentagon is likely to approve 700 to 800 unarmed National Guard troops in response to requests for assistance by the District of Columbia and the U.S. Capitol Police ahead of planned truck convoys

The Independent UK

Capitol Police request National Guard as trucker convoy expected for State of the Union

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense is considering a request from U.S. Capitol Police and the Washington, D.C., government to have the National Guard help respond to an expected truck convoy aimed at disrupting traffic around the Capitol ahead of the March 1 State of the Union.

Los Angeles Times

Blackhawk down in helicopter crash near Utah ski resort

A Blackhawk helicopter crashed and another was damaged after an accident during a National Guard training exercise in Utah.

The Independent UK

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National Guard deploys for new emergency: Teacher shortages

Dozens of National Guard Army and Air Force troops in New Mexico have been stepping in to fill a shortage of teachers in schools

The Independent UK

This Idaho bill could repeal a law that bans private militias. It has surprising allies

BOISE, Idaho — Legal experts have raised concerns over a new bill, pushed by the Idaho National Guard and Gov. Brad Little, that would repeal a long-standing state law prohibiting private militias and paramilitary organizations.

Tribune News Service

Texas National Guard member dies after gun accidentally goes off

Soldier was part of state’s Operation Lone Star to stem US-Mexico border crossings

The Independent UK

Former US Marine describes a night of horrors under custody of the Venezuelan regime

Within hours of being stopped on a rural road in Venezuela, former U.S. Marine Matthew Heath told a court Monday, he found himself naked and strapped to a wire mesh connected to a car battery that would shock him between questions from officers of the country’s military counterintelligence.

Miami Herald

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These Bills Would Keep the National Guard Out of Unconstitutional Wars

“Defend the Guard” laws would keep state troops out of conflicts that Congress hasn’t authorized.

Reason

Mexican authorities evict Tijuana migrant camp near border

About a hundred members of the police, National Guard and army have evicted 381 migrants, mainly Central Americans and Mexicans, from a makeshift camp they had been staying in for almost a year in Tijuana at the U.S. border crossing

The Independent UK

Gov. Walz deploys National Guard for civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis officers

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz has authorized the Minnesota National Guard to provide security assistance in St. Paul during the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection with George Floyd's death.

Tribune News Service

Investigate Mike Pence, Trump demands

Donald Trump continues claims of a stolen election in 2020 and turns on former vice president Mike Pence

Salon

‘Not out of the pandemic’: Gov. Little activates Idaho National Guard for COVID-19 help

BOISE, Idaho — Gov. Brad Little activated 75 members of the Idaho National Guard on Monday to help respond to the statewide spread of COVID-19.

Tribune News Service

Austin to governors: Guard troops must get COVID-19 vaccine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in letters to seven governors, is reaffirming the need for members of their states' Army and Air National Guards to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine or lose their Guard status

The Independent UK

Greg Abbott's botched border deployment

One nurse in the state's National Guard said they're also desperately needed back home to deal with COVID

Salon

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Soldier shot five serviceman at a military plant in Ukraine

A Ukrainian National Guard soldier shot security guards at a military factory in central Ukraine for unknown reasons, killing five people and injuring five others, police said on Thursday.

Axios

Schools desperate for substitute teachers beg parents to step in

Officials in one state asked the National Guard for help.

The Independent UK

National Guard sees troops reupping despite COVID, hard year

All over the U.S., state National Guard units are seeing dramatic reenlistment rates, even as their troops juggle near constant duties with COVID-19, natural disasters and other military deployments

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel investigates draft plan to seize 2020 ballots

WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators have spoken with former Attorney General William Barr about a reported draft executive order to use the National Guard to seize ballot boxes after the 2020 election, according to the chairman of a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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New Mexico asks Guard to sub for sick teachers amid omicron

New Mexico is asking National Guard troops and state bureaucrats to volunteer to serve as substitute teachers as preschools and K-12 public schools struggle to keep classrooms open amid surging COVID-19 infections

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