US EditionMilitary requesting to pull 200 troops back from California protest duty
- In early June, President Donald Trump directed the dispatch of approximately 4,000 California National Guard members along with 800 Marines to Los Angeles to address demonstrations sparked by immigration enforcement actions.
- The deployment took place despite Governor Gavin Newsom's objections and sparked legal debates over whether federal authorities could use special statutory authority to authorize military involvement in domestic law enforcement.
- The top military commander overseeing the troops asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on June 30 to return 200 National Guard members to California's wildfire unit, Task Force Rattlesnake, due to staffing shortages amid peak fire season.
- Governor Newsom condemned the Trump administration's deployment of military forces in Los Angeles as unlawful and urged the president to heed the advice of military officials while criticizing the use of troops for political purposes, noting that eight firefighting teams were reassigned to manage protests.
- The request to redeploy 200 troops suggests pressure to balance security missions with wildfire prevention as California faces active fires burned more than 3,000 acres and experts warn of a severe fire season.
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Guardsmen Pulled off LA Mission as State Warns Troops Are 'Stretched Thin' Amid Wildfire Season
U.S. Northern Command said in a statement that approximately 150 members of the California National Guard were released from their federal mission protecting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Military leaders want National Guard pulled from LA protests for wildfire duty
The top military commander overseeing National Guard forces in Los Angeles has asked the Trump administration to return 200 troops to California’s wildfire unit, Joint Task Force Rattlesnake. Gen. Gregory Guillot, head of U.S. Northern Command, submitted the request to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke anonymously. About 4,000 California National Guard members and roughly 700 active-duty Marines were …
'Trump Caved': 150 National Guardsmen To Return To CA Control
'Trump Caved': 150 National Guardsmen To Return To CA Control - Los Angeles, CA - Amid an ongoing legal battle and weeks of debate over military presence in Los Angeles, the top military commander intervened on Tuesday.
Some California National Guard personnel deployed to protests will return to firefighting duty
About 150 members of the National Guard who were deployed to address protests in California will be released to return to wildland firefighting duties in the state, Department of Defense officials said Tuesday.Scripps News has confirmed that NORTHCOM commander Gen. Gregory Guillot - who's overseeing the deployment of the National Guard and the U.S. Marines to California - requested 200 troops be reassigned from their current task of immigration …
The U.S. military has asked Defense Secretary Hegseth to withdraw 200 soldiers from their operations around the protests in Los Angeles.
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