The Defense Department Has Spent $49M Feeding the National Guard in D.C.

Taxpayers have spent $49M to feed the National Guard members stationed around in DC

One contract, worth $15.6 million, covered ‘catered breakfast, lunch and dinner and midnight meals for service members’

National Guard deployment tallies up $49 million in food costs

The Trump administration has spent millions over the past 12 months on food costs for National Guard troops stationed in Washington, D.C. Thousands of military members have been deployed to D.C. since August 2025 as part of President Donald Trump’s initiative targeting crime and public disorder. Roughly 3,000 troops were quartered in the city as […]

The Defense Department Has Spent $49M Feeding the National Guard in D.C.

It’s the latest figure ratcheting up the estimated cost of the Guard’s presence in D.C.