Veterans’ Advocates Warn of Low Morale Amid LA Deployment: ‘This Is Not What We Signed up For’

Veterans' Advocates Warn of Low Morale Amid LA Deployment: 'This Is Not What We Signed Up For'

Ever since President Donald Trump seized control of the California National Guard and deployed thousands of troops to Los Angeles, calls from distressed soldiers and their families have been pouring in to the GI Rights Hotline.

Veterans’ advocates warn of low morale amid LA deployment: ‘This is not what we signed up for’

LOS ANGELES — Ever since President Donald Trump seized control of the California National Guard and deployed thousands of troops to Los Angeles, calls from distressed soldiers and their families have been pouring in to the GI Rights Hotline.

Veterans' advocates warn of low morale amid L.A. deployment: 'This is not what we signed up for'

Some National Guard members and their families are agonizing over troop deployments to Los Angeles in support of immigration enforcement operations, advocates say.

Veterans’ advocates warn of low morale amid L.A. military deployment – Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-24/veteran-advocates-low-morale-l-a-deployment «“They don’t want to deport their uncle or their wife or their brother-in-law,” Woolford said. “… Some of the language people have used is: ‘I joined to defend my country, and that’s really important to me — but No. 1 is family, and this is actually a threat to my family.’ ” … Janessa Goldbeck, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and chief executive of the n…